What is the difference between Medium Olive Green and Interior Grey Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Interior Grey Green is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Olive Green vs Interior Grey Green

Medium Olive Green

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11148
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #869a72 (estimate)

Interior Grey Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.305
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #889d85 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Interior Grey Green is more muted, cooler than Medium Olive Green.

Can I use Interior Grey Green instead of Medium Olive Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Interior Grey Green is more muted, cooler than Medium Olive Green.

Can I use Medium Olive Green instead of Interior Grey Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Olive 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 Medium Olive Green on the colour wheel See Interior Grey Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Olive Green

Medium Olive Green vs Pastel Green (70.885)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Interior Grey Green
Medium Olive Green vs Sky Type S (71.302)Model Air · ΔE 10, close
Medium Olive Green vs IJA Light Grey Green (71.321)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Interior Grey Green

Interior Grey Green vs WWI German Fokker Grey (AK11801)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Olive Green
Interior Grey Green vs A-18f Light Grey-Blue (AK11912)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Olive Green
Interior Grey Green vs Faded Green (AK11135)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Medium Olive Green equivalents · Interior Grey Green equivalents