What is the difference between Chocolate (Chipping) and Olive Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Olive Brown is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Chocolate (Chipping) vs Olive Brown

Chocolate (Chipping)

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Intense
Code: AK11113
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #291809 (estimate)

Olive Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.889
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #322621 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Chocolate (Chipping).

Can I use Olive Brown instead of Chocolate (Chipping)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Olive Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Chocolate (Chipping).

Can I use Chocolate (Chipping) instead of Olive Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Chocolate (Chipping) is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Chocolate (Chipping) on the colour wheel See Olive Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Chocolate (Chipping)

Chocolate (Chipping) vs Extra Dark Green (70.896)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Chocolate (Chipping) vs Black Grey (70.862)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair
Chocolate (Chipping) vs Burnt Umber (71.040)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Olive Brown

Olive Brown vs Brown Black (AK17047)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Chocolate (Chipping)
Olive Brown vs S.C.C. No.1A Very Dark Brown (AK11384)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chocolate (Chipping)
Olive Brown vs RAL 8017 Rotbraun (AK11330)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chocolate (Chipping)

All matches: Chocolate (Chipping) equivalents · Olive Brown equivalents