Basic Blue
Vallejo · Premium Airbrush Color · 62.010
#0198CD · L*58.9 a*-14.5 b*-36.5
The closest match to Vallejo Basic Blue in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Basic Blue is a mid-toned, saturated blue-green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Sky Blue at ΔE 1.0. 17 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
This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.
What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Basic Blue?
Scale75 Sky Blue is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Basic Blue in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Lothern Blue (ΔE 1.5) and AK Interactive Deep Sky Blue -78- (ΔE 2.0).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Basic Blue?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Deep Sky Blue -78-, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Basic Blue Shop Scale75 Sky Blue (Scale Color Range) Shop Scale75 Scale Color Range set
Basic Blue equivalent in Scale75
- A Sky Blue Scale Color Range ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
- D Amarth Blue Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 8.7 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in Citadel
- A Lothern Blue Air ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Guilliman Blue Glaze ΔE 3.3 · very close
Basic Blue equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Deep Sky Blue -78- Figures AK3077 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Amt-7 Light Blue Air (3rd Gen) AK11916 ΔE 9.1 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B RX-78 White Gundam Color for Builders UG19 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Clear Blue Acrysion N93 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in Foundry
- B Vivid Blue Shade Paint System 22A ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Prussian Gun Mid Blue Light Paint System 106C ΔE 5.4 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in Tamiya
- B Sky blue Acrylics Mini Gloss X-14 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B French blue Spray TS-10 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Basic Blue equivalent in Humbrol
- B Middle Blue Acrylics - Matt 89 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Mediterranean Blue Acrylics - Gloss 48 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Arctic Gem Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Ionic Blue Warpaints Air ΔE 3.3 · very close
Basic Blue equivalent in Duncan
- B Seafarer Blue Wave 3 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Cursed Blue Wave 2 ΔE 7.1 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Blue SU-27 Mr Paint MRP-044 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Azure Blue Ana 609 Mr Paint MRP-143 ΔE 7.5 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- C Hawk Turquoise Fantasy Range 165 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Bavarian Blue Military Range 239 ΔE 7.9 · similar
Basic Blue equivalent in Arteza
- C Pearl Electrlc Blue Acrylic Pearl Paints A210 ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Cerulean Blue Acrylic Premium Paints A502 ΔE 7.9 · similar
Basic Blue in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #4BA3D5 | Sky Blue Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.8 |
| Warcolours | #008DB5 | Blue 2 Layer paints | ΔE 5.1 |
| Mig | #2489BD | Fs 15102 Dark Gray Blue Acrylics | ΔE 5.3 |
| FolkArt | #539FD3 | Medium Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 5.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #4B94CB | Da Ba Dee | ΔE 5.5 |
| Tom Color | #35A9DA | Azul Marshmallow | ΔE 5.5 |
| Monument | #248CCB | Sky Blue Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.6 |
| Golden | #569AB6 | Cobalt Teal OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 6.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #53A7CB | Blue Glacier Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 6.5 |
| Mission Models | #6299C4 | Grey Blue Cockpit / Camo Modern Russian Jets | ΔE 6.7 |
| Apple Barrel | #018AD2 | Electric Blue Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.8 |
| Creature | #2DAEE8 | Sky Blue Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.9 |
| Liquitex | #00A0FB | Fluorescent Blue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.0 |
| Acrilex | #2095AD | Azul Piscina Paints | ΔE 8.8 |
| Revell | #2881BB | Light Blue Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 8.8 |
| Italeri | #4385C5 | Azure Blue Acrylic Paint | ΔE 9.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #5D8499 | Morning Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 10.8 |
| P3 | #178799 | Trollblood Base Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 12.4 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- A Deep Blue Mecha Color ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- C Russian AF Blue Model Air ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Light Sea Blue Model Air ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Deep Sky Blue Model Color ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Fluorescent Blue Premium Airbrush Color ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Electric Blue Game Air ΔE 5.9 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot