Smoked Blue sits in the blue family: mid-tone in tone, muted in saturation, cool in cast. For modelling, drop to Slate Grey in the recesses and step up to Bluebird Grey on the edges, both Green Stuff World paints. Substitutes are thinner on the ground; Vallejo Grey Blue is the nearest same-finish option at 89 percent, with 2 brands in strong-match range. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Smoked Blue equivalents in other ranges
1 of the 10 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Green Stuff World Smoked Blue, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest Vallejo equivalent: Vallejo Grey Blue, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.3).
- From Humbrol: Humbrol Intermediate Blue, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.2).
- Tamiya's closest color: Tamiya Field Blue, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.3).
- Nearest in the AK Interactive catalog: AK Interactive Wwi French Artillery Grey, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.1).
- Best Monument Pro Acryl option: Monument Pro Acryl Grey Blue, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.7).
- From Citadel: Citadel The Fang, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 6.1).
The drift here is spread thinly across hue, lightness and saturation rather than leaning one way, so the mismatch reads as a general haze at delta E 2.3 rather than an obvious shift.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Vallejo
Humbrol
Tamiya
AK Interactive
Monument Pro Acryl
Citadel
Two Thin Coats
The Army Painter
Revell
Scale75
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What is the closest equivalent to Green Stuff World Smoked Blue?
The closest same-finish match is Vallejo Grey Blue at 89% color similarity.
What color is Smoked Blue?
Smoked Blue is a mid-tone muted blue with a cool undertone (hex #55677F).
What do I highlight and shade Smoked Blue with?
Highlight Smoked Blue toward Bluebird Grey and shade it down into Slate Grey, both Green Stuff World paints in the same finish family.