What is the difference between Green Ochre and Military Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Military Yellow is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green Ochre vs Military Yellow

Green Ochre

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11122
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9c7d3e (estimate)

Military Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.764
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #826d25 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Military Yellow is a little darker, cooler than Green Ochre.

Can I use Military Yellow instead of Green Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Military Yellow is a little darker, cooler than Green Ochre.

Can I use Green Ochre instead of Military Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green Ochre is a little lighter, 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 Green Ochre on the colour wheel See Military Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green Ochre

Green Ochre vs Green Ochre (70.914)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Military Yellow
Green Ochre vs Orange Ochre (70.824)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Military Yellow
Green Ochre vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Military Yellow

Other AK Interactive paints close to Military Yellow

Military Yellow vs IJA #29 Ki Midori iro (Yel- low-Green) (AK11904)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Green Ochre
Military Yellow vs Ocher Khaki (AK11422)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 9, close
Military Yellow vs Green-Brown (AK11126)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Green Ochre equivalents · Military Yellow equivalents