What is the difference between Wolf Grey and Intermediate Blue?

ΔE 8 (close). Intermediate Blue is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wolf Grey vs Intermediate Blue

Wolf Grey

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5f7687 (estimate)

Intermediate Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.299
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #526271 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Intermediate Blue is a little darker, warmer than Wolf Grey.

Can I use Intermediate Blue instead of Wolf Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Intermediate Blue is a little darker, warmer than Wolf Grey.

Can I use Wolf Grey instead of Intermediate Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wolf Grey is a little lighter, cooler.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Wolf Grey on the colour wheel See Intermediate Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Wolf Grey

Wolf Grey vs Ocean Gray (71.273)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Wolf Grey vs IDF Blue (71.113)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue
Wolf Grey vs Pastel Blue (70.901)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Intermediate Blue

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Intermediate Blue

Intermediate Blue vs Shadow BlueTriads: midtones · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Wolf Grey
Intermediate Blue vs Faust BlueTriads: shadows · ΔE 7, close · closer than Wolf Grey
Intermediate Blue vs Cold Corpse BlueTriads: shadows · ΔE 8, close · closer than Wolf Grey

All matches: Wolf Grey equivalents · Intermediate Blue equivalents