What is the difference between Light Green and Green Sky?

ΔE 10 (close). Green Sky is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Green vs Green Sky

Light Green

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

Green Sky

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.974
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #688c5c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Sky is more muted, cooler than Light Green.

Can I use Green Sky instead of Light Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Green Sky is more muted, cooler than Light Green.

Can I use Light Green instead of Green Sky?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light 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 Light Green on the colour wheel See Green Sky on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Green

Light Green vs Bright Green (70.758)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Green Sky
Light Green vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 10, close
Light Green vs Dark Yellow (70.978)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Green Sky

Green Sky vs WWI German Light Green (AK11802)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Green
Green Sky vs Medium Olive Green (AK11148)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 11, fair
Green Sky vs Alga Green (AK11152)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Light Green equivalents · Green Sky equivalents