What is the difference between Medium Green and Flat Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Flat Green is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Green vs Flat Green

Medium Green

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

Flat Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.968
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2f482e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Green is a little lighter than Medium Green.

Can I use Flat Green instead of Medium Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Flat Green is a little lighter than Medium Green.

Can I use Medium Green instead of Flat Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Green is a little darker.

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 Flat Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Green

Medium Green vs Deep Green (70.970)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
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 Flat Green

Flat Green vs WWI German Dark Green (AK11803)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Medium Green
Flat Green vs IJA #21 Midori iro (Green) (AK11902)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Medium Green
Flat Green vs Russian Green 4BO (AK11368)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Green

All matches: Medium Green equivalents · Flat Green equivalents