What is the difference between Light Green and Death Guard Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Death Guard Green is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Green vs Death Guard Green

Light Green

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11411
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #708d4c (estimate)

Death Guard Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a7a3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Death Guard Green is a little darker than Light Green.

Can I use Death Guard Green instead of Light Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Death Guard Green is a little darker than Light Green.

Can I use Light Green instead of Death Guard Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Green is a little lighter.

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 Light Green on the colour wheel See Death Guard Green on the colour wheel

Other Citadel paints close to Light Green

Light Green vs Nurgling GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Death Guard Green
Light Green vs Loren ForestColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close
Light Green vs Elysian GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Death Guard Green

Death Guard Green vs Orc Flesh (AK17023)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 9, close
Death Guard Green vs RAL 7008 Graugrün Opt 2 (AK11314)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 10, close
Death Guard Green vs Russian Uniform Lights (AK11429)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Light Green equivalents · Death Guard Green equivalents