The listed matches for Medium Blue are from other paint-type groups. Tamiya Royal Blue leads at 92 percent digital color similarity. The stored digital swatch for Medium Blue is a dark vivid blue with a cool undertone. For a critical color match, compare dried samples; these digital records cannot settle the result.
Medium Blue equivalents in other ranges
Review paint type as well as the color score for Medium Blue. These are approximate digital references, and a matching medium or sheen is not established by the group label.
Closest Tamiya equivalent: Tamiya X-3 Royal Blue, a small digital color distance (delta E 1.6); different broad paint-type group: standard paint.
Green Stuff World's closest color: Green Stuff World Prussian Blue, close stored digital colors (delta E 1.7); different broad paint-type group: standard paint.
Nearest in the P3 Paints catalog: P3 Paints Cygnar Blue, some difference between the stored swatches (delta E 2.5); different broad paint-type group: standard paint.
Best The Army Painter option: The Army Painter Blue Tone, similar digital colors (delta E 2.8); different broad paint-type group: wash / transparent.
The stored swatches have a small digital color distance of delta E 1.6. That does not measure dried-paint appearance, sheen or coverage; compare test patches before substituting.
How to read the score
96–100Very close color
88–95Close color
78–87Similar color
0–77Loose color match
Scores compare approximate digital swatches. Test the paint before substituting.
Tamiya
Green Stuff World
P3 Paints
The Army Painter
Citadel
AK Interactive
Revell
Humbrol
Scale75
Two Thin Coats
Monument Pro Acryl
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Found in 0 other brands with a similar digital color in the same catalog paint-type group.
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Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Medium Blue?
No result in the same broad paint-type group is stored. The leading digital color reference is Tamiya Royal Blue at 92%, in a different group. This is a reference to investigate, not a tested replacement.
What color is Medium Blue?
The approximate digital swatch for Medium Blue is a dark vivid blue with a cool undertone (hex #16416C). It is not a physical paint measurement.