# Blue Horror (Citadel Layer) Paint Equivalents // Lexmechanic

> Blue Horror (Citadel Layer) equivalents: Vallejo Ghost Grey, Army Painter Frost Blue and Two Thin Coats Celestial Blue, by ΔE colour distance.

Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/paints/citadel-layer/blue-horror

§ PAINT · 11th edition

# Blue Horror: Citadel Layer opaque, hex #9eb5ce. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.

Paint

Blue Horror

Range

[Citadel Layer](/paints/citadel-layer)

Finish

opaque

Hex

#9eb5ce

Hex source

community data

## Blue Horror equivalents

One paint from each other brand: Duncan Rhodes’s own pick where there is one, otherwise the closest in colour and finish.

- ### Vallejo equivalent

    [Ghost Grey](/paints/vallejo-game-color/ghost-grey-72-046) Vallejo Game Color 72.046 ΔE 9.0

    approximate
- ### Army Painter equivalent

    [Frost Blue](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/frost-blue) Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.9

    safe substitute
- ### Two Thin Coats equivalent

    [Celestial Blue](/paints/two-thin-coats/celestial-blue) ΔE 12.7

    ◆ maker’s pick approximate

Blue Horror is an opaque paint from Citadel Layer. The closest paint in any other range is Frost Blue from Warpaints Fanatic at ΔE 3.9, a safe substitute. Across the 13 other ranges, none offer a near match and 1 a safe substitute in the same finish; the rest are approximate or a different finish.

## Closest matches

### [Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0](/paints/speedpaint-2)

- [Pastel Indigo](/paints/speedpaint-2/pastel-indigo) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 2.5
- [Battleship Grey](/paints/speedpaint-2/battleship-grey) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.1
- [Ashen Stone](/paints/speedpaint-2/ashen-stone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.8

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic](/paints/army-painter-fanatic)

- [Frost Blue](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/frost-blue) safe substitute ΔE 3.9
- [Augur Blue](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/augur-blue) safe substitute ΔE 6.2
- [Company Grey](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/company-grey) approximate ΔE 10.2

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Wash](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash)

- [Light Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/light-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 46.1
- [Sepia Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/sepia-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 51.1
- [Soft Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/soft-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 51.3

### [Citadel Base](/paints/citadel-base)

- [Grey Seer](/paints/citadel-base/grey-seer) approximate ΔE 10.9
- [Celestra Grey](/paints/citadel-base/celestra-grey) approximate ΔE 12.8
- [Rakarth Flesh](/paints/citadel-base/rakarth-flesh) approximate ΔE 19.8

### [Citadel Contrast](/paints/citadel-contrast)

- [Apothecary White](/paints/citadel-contrast/apothecary-white) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 2.8
- [Pylar Glacier](/paints/citadel-contrast/pylar-glacier) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 16.1
- [Briar Queen Chill](/paints/citadel-contrast/briar-queen-chill) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 17.9

### [Citadel Shade](/paints/citadel-shade)

- [Soulblight Grey](/paints/citadel-shade/soulblight-grey) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 13.6
- [Poxwalker](/paints/citadel-shade/poxwalker) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 19.3
- [Tyran Blue](/paints/citadel-shade/tyran-blue) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 20.8

### [Two Thin Coats](/paints/two-thin-coats)

- [Celestial Blue](/paints/two-thin-coats/celestial-blue) ◆ maker’s pick approximate ΔE 12.7
- [Ion Blue](/paints/two-thin-coats/ion-blue) ◆ maker’s pick approximate ΔE 13.0
- [Decadent Purple](/paints/two-thin-coats/decadent-purple) approximate ΔE 11.5

### [Vallejo Game Air](/paints/vallejo-game-air)

- [Sunrise Blue](/paints/vallejo-game-air/sunrise-blue-76-118) approximate ΔE 11.9
- [Wolf Grey](/paints/vallejo-game-air/wolf-grey-76-047) approximate ΔE 12.7
- [Electric Blue](/paints/vallejo-game-air/electric-blue-76-023) approximate ΔE 16.4

### [Vallejo Game Color](/paints/vallejo-game-color)

- [Ghost Grey](/paints/vallejo-game-color/ghost-grey-72-046) approximate ΔE 9.0
- [Glacier Blue](/paints/vallejo-game-color/glacier-blue-72-095) approximate ΔE 10.4
- [Steel Grey](/paints/vallejo-game-color/steel-grey-72-102) approximate ΔE 11.5

### [Vallejo Mecha Color](/paints/vallejo-mecha)

- [Light Grey](/paints/vallejo-mecha/light-grey-69-036) approximate ΔE 9.7
- [Grey](/paints/vallejo-mecha/grey-69-037) approximate ΔE 10.7
- [Stone Grey](/paints/vallejo-mecha/stone-grey-69-024) approximate ΔE 10.7

### [Vallejo Metal Color](/paints/vallejo-metal)

- [White Aluminium](/paints/vallejo-metal/white-aluminium-77-706) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.8
- [Semi Matt Aluminium](/paints/vallejo-metal/semi-matt-aluminium-77-716) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.3
- [Chrome](/paints/vallejo-metal/chrome-77-707) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.6

### [Vallejo Wash](/paints/vallejo-wash)

- [Blue Grey](/paints/vallejo-wash/blue-grey-76-524) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.1
- [Pale Grey Wash](/paints/vallejo-wash/pale-grey-wash-73-202) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 11.5
- [Light Grey](/paints/vallejo-wash/light-grey-76-515) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 13.4

### [Vallejo Xpress](/paints/vallejo-xpress)

- [Templar White](/paints/vallejo-xpress/templar-white-72-401) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 13.6
- [Mummy White](/paints/vallejo-xpress/mummy-white-72-449) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 25.7
- [Starship Steel](/paints/vallejo-xpress/starship-steel-72-462) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 26.6

## Also in Citadel Layer

- [Runefang Steel](/paints/citadel-layer/runefang-steel) approximate ΔE 10.4
- [Fenrisian Grey](/paints/citadel-layer/fenrisian-grey) approximate ΔE 11.4
- [Ironbreaker](/paints/citadel-layer/ironbreaker) approximate ΔE 14.5

Every pot in [Citadel Layer](/paints/citadel-layer) has a page like this one. Citadel against the other brands, whole ranges at a time: [Citadel to Vallejo](/paints/citadel-to-vallejo), [Citadel to Army Painter](/paints/citadel-to-army-painter), [Citadel to Two Thin Coats](/paints/citadel-to-two-thin-coats), [Vallejo to Citadel](/paints/vallejo-to-citadel), [Army Painter to Citadel](/paints/army-painter-to-citadel), [Two Thin Coats to Citadel](/paints/two-thin-coats-to-citadel).

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##  Questions

What is the Vallejo equivalent of Blue Horror?

Ghost Grey from Vallejo Game Color, at ΔE 9.0: the nearest opaque paint from Vallejo, though only an approximate match.

What is the Army Painter equivalent of Blue Horror?

Frost Blue from Warpaints Fanatic, at ΔE 3.9: a safe substitute in the same finish.

What is the Two Thin Coats equivalent of Blue Horror?

Celestial Blue from Two Thin Coats: the equivalent published by Duncan Rhodes, who makes Two Thin Coats. By colour alone the two sit ΔE 12.7 apart.