What is the difference between Blue and Medium Blue?

ΔE 6 (close). Medium Blue is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blue vs Medium Blue

Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.004
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #303f68 (estimate)

Medium Blue

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.963
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #224676 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Blue is more saturated, cooler than Blue.

Can I use Medium Blue instead of Blue?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Medium Blue is more saturated, cooler than Blue.

Can I use Blue instead of Medium Blue?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blue is more muted, warmer.

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 Blue on the colour wheel See Medium Blue on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Blue

Blue vs French Blue (71.088)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Medium Blue
Blue vs Prussian Blue (70.965)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Blue
Blue vs Dark Blue (70.930)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Medium Blue

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Blue

Medium Blue vs French Blue (71.088)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Blue
Medium Blue vs Flat Blue (70.962)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Blue
Medium Blue vs Dark Blue (70.930)Model Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Blue equivalents · Medium Blue equivalents