What is the difference between Medium Green and Deep Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Deep Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Green vs Deep Green

Medium Green

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11412
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1f391e (estimate)

Deep Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.970
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1e472f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Deep Green is a little lighter, cooler than Medium Green.

Can I use Deep Green instead of Medium Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Deep Green is a little lighter, cooler than Medium Green.

Can I use Medium Green instead of Deep Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Green is a little darker, 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 Medium Green on the colour wheel See Deep Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Green

Medium Green vs Flat Green (70.968)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Deep Green
Medium Green vs Luftwaffe Green (70.823)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Medium Green vs Medium Olive (70.850)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Deep Green

Deep Green vs NATO Green (AK11358)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Green
Deep Green vs IJA #21 Midori iro (Green) (AK11902)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 8, close
Deep Green vs WWI German Dark Green (AK11803)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Medium Green equivalents · Deep Green equivalents