What is the difference between Dark Olive Green and Bronze Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Bronze Green is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Olive Green vs Bronze Green

Dark Olive Green

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11421
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #233217 (estimate)

Bronze Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.897
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #263022 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bronze Green is more muted, cooler than Dark Olive Green.

Can I use Bronze Green instead of Dark Olive Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Bronze Green is more muted, cooler than Dark Olive Green.

Can I use Dark Olive Green instead of Bronze Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Olive Green is more saturated, 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 Dark Olive Green on the colour wheel See Bronze Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Olive Green

Dark Olive Green vs Luftwaffe Green (70.823)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Bronze Green
Dark Olive Green vs Flat Green (70.968)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Dark Olive Green vs Medium Olive (70.850)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Bronze Green

Bronze Green vs LAF Green (AK11357)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Olive Green
Bronze Green vs Bronze Green (AK11857)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Olive Green
Bronze Green vs IJN D1 Deep Green Black (AK11893)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Olive Green

All matches: Dark Olive Green equivalents · Bronze Green equivalents