Gray Blue
Mr. Paint · Mr Paint · MRP-398
#7B9498 · L*59.6 a*-7.9 b*-5.0
The closest match to Mr. Paint Gray Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Paint Gray Blue is a mid-toned, muted blue-green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Duncan Frost Blue at ΔE 1.7. 20 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
What is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Gray Blue?
Duncan Frost Blue is the closest equivalent to Mr. Paint Gray Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Pale Blue (ΔE 1.7) and Mission Models Sea Grey Medium RAF WWII BS 637 (ΔE 1.9).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Paint Gray Blue?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Pale Blue, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Mr. Paint to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mr. Paint Gray Blue Shop Duncan Frost Blue Shop Duncan Wave 3 set
Gray Blue equivalent in Duncan
- A Frost Blue Wave 3 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Blue Steel Wave 3 ΔE 4.8 · close
Gray Blue equivalent in Vallejo
- A Pale Blue Model Air 71.008 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Light Blue RLM78 Model Air 71.101 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
Gray Blue equivalent in Mission Models
- A Sea Grey Medium RAF WWII BS 637 MMP-094 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C British Light Silver Grey RAL 7001 MMP-042 ΔE 4.7 · close
Gray Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Mig-29 Light Grey 10ml Real Colors - Air RC337 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B RLM 78 (1941) Air (3rd Gen) RC280 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Gray Blue equivalent in Tamiya
- B Haze grey Spray TS-32 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Light ghost grey Aircraft Spray AS-26 ΔE 3.9 · close
Gray Blue equivalent in Mig
- B RLM 78 Hellblau Acrylics AMIG0247 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Fs 36320 Dark Compass Ghost Gray Acrylics AMIG0208 ΔE 4.6 · close
Gray Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Blue Gray Fs35189 Mr Color 367 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Medium Seagray Bs637 Mr Color 363 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Gray Blue equivalent in Tom Color
- B Faded Blue Jeans TC-0157 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C FS 35189 TC-0023 ΔE 4.7 · close
Gray Blue equivalent in Foundry
- B British Gun Grey Shade Paint System 108A ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C British Gun Grey Paint System 108B ΔE 4.8 · close
Gray Blue equivalent in FolkArt
- C Silver Marlin Acrylic Colors 6465 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Ice Blue Metallics 2588 ΔE 3.9 · close
Gray Blue equivalent in P3
- D Voltaic Blue Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Ironhull Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.4 · similar
Gray Blue equivalent in Citadel
- D Celestra Grey Base ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Ironbreaker Air ΔE 6.7 · similar
Gray Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coat d'Arms | #6A8893 | Uniform Grey World War II Range | ΔE 5.4 |
| The Army Painter | #8E9999 | Cadre Grey Warpaints Air | ΔE 5.5 |
| Scale75 | #6C8997 | Bering Blue Scale Color Range | ΔE 6.0 |
| Italeri | #7E8E9A | Dark Ghost Gray Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.3 |
| Revell | #889093 | Grey (USAF) Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #868F8A | Granite Gray Colors | ΔE 6.7 |
| Reaper | #7D978C | Pale Lichen Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 7.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #788388 | Silver Grey Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 7.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #6993AA | Blue Steel | ΔE 7.7 |
| Warcolours | #599BA7 | Transparent Turquoise Transparent paints | ΔE 8.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #64857E | Grey Teal Acrylic Colors | ΔE 9.0 |
| Monument | #9A9E9D | Silver Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 9.2 |
| Humbrol | #9BA2AA | Medium Sea Grey Aerosol Sprays - Satin | ΔE 9.8 |
| Liquitex | #9C9E9D | Iridescent Bright Silver Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 10.1 |
| Golden | #569AB6 | Cobalt Teal OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 10.1 |
| Arteza | #92B8C3 | Pearl Glacier Blue Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 11.1 |
| Acrilex | #2095AD | Azul Piscina Paints | ΔE 12.4 |
| Creature | #B3B8BC | Silver Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 14.4 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Paint
- A Azzurro Subalare Mr Paint ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- C Cocpit Light Grey Mig 29 Mr Paint ΔE 4.5 · close
- C U.S.navy Modern FS35237 Mr Paint ΔE 4.8 · close
- C U.S. Dark Ghost Gray FS36320 Mr Paint ΔE 4.9 · close
- D Russia Cockpit Light Grey Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Camouflage Grey Bs626 Mr Paint ΔE 5.5 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot