What is the difference between Green Uniform Base and Olive Grey?

ΔE 9 (close). Olive Grey is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green Uniform Base vs Olive Grey

Green Uniform Base

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11427
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #26341c (estimate)

Olive Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.888
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #343729 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Grey is more muted, warmer than Green Uniform Base.

Can I use Olive Grey instead of Green Uniform Base?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Olive Grey is more muted, warmer than Green Uniform Base.

Can I use Green Uniform Base instead of Olive Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green Uniform Base is more saturated, cooler.

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 Uniform Base on the colour wheel See Olive Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green Uniform Base

Green Uniform Base vs Luftwaffe Green (70.823)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Grey
Green Uniform Base vs Bronze Green (70.897)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Olive Grey
Green Uniform Base vs Refractive Green (70.890)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Olive Grey

Olive Grey vs Base Green (Protective) (AK11367)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Uniform Base
Olive Grey vs Field Grey Base #2 (Grey Uniform) (AK11423)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Uniform Base
Olive Grey vs S.C.C. No.15 Olive Drab (AK11386)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Uniform Base

All matches: Green Uniform Base equivalents · Olive Grey equivalents