What is the difference between Medium Green and Luftwaffe Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Luftwaffe Green is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Green vs Luftwaffe Green

Medium Green

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

Luftwaffe Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.823
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2c3723 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Luftwaffe Green is more muted, warmer than Medium Green.

Can I use Luftwaffe Green instead of Medium Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Luftwaffe Green is more muted, warmer than Medium Green.

Can I use Medium Green instead of Luftwaffe Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Green is more saturated, cooler.

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 Luftwaffe 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 Luftwaffe Green
Medium Green vs Deep Green (70.970)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Luftwaffe Green
Medium Green vs Medium Olive (70.850)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Luftwaffe Green

Luftwaffe Green vs Bronze Green (AK11857)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Medium Green
Luftwaffe Green vs WWI French Green 1 (AK11305)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Green
Luftwaffe Green vs IDF Green (AK11355)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Green

All matches: Medium Green equivalents · Luftwaffe Green equivalents