What is the difference between Light Green and Pale Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Pale Green is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Green vs Pale Green

Light Green

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

Pale Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.095
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #638050 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Green is a little darker, more muted than Light Green.

Can I use Pale Green instead of Light Green?

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

Can I use Light Green instead of Pale Green?

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

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 Pale Green 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 Pale Green
Light Green vs Green Sky (70.974)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Pale Green
Light Green vs Dark Yellow (70.978)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Pale Green

Pale Green vs WWI German Light Green (AK11802)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Green
Pale Green vs RAL 7008 Graugrün Opt 2 (AK11314)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Green
Pale Green vs RAL 6011 Resedagrün (AK11311)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 10, close · closer than Light Green

All matches: Light Green equivalents · Pale Green equivalents