What is the difference between Canvas Tone and Death Korps Drab?

ΔE 9 (close). Death Korps Drab is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Canvas Tone vs Death Korps Drab

Canvas Tone

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11436
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #484428 (estimate)

Death Korps Drab

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a5a3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Death Korps Drab is a little lighter, cooler than Canvas Tone.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Canvas Tone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Death Korps Drab is a little lighter, cooler than Canvas Tone.

Can I use Canvas Tone instead of Death Korps Drab?

The same difference applies the other way round: Canvas Tone is a little darker, warmer.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Canvas Tone on the colour wheel See Death Korps Drab on the colour wheel

Other Citadel paints close to Canvas Tone

Canvas Tone vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
Canvas Tone vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Canvas Tone vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 12, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Death Korps Drab

Death Korps Drab vs Olive Drab Base (AK11334)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Canvas Tone
Death Korps Drab vs RAL 6040 F9 Helloliv (AK11323)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Canvas Tone
Death Korps Drab vs Splittermuster Base (AK11414)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Canvas Tone

All matches: Canvas Tone equivalents · Death Korps Drab equivalents