What is the difference between Orc Flesh and Death Guard Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Death Guard Green is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Orc Flesh vs Death Guard Green

Orc Flesh

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: AK Quick Gen
Code: AK17023
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #437c3d (estimate)

Death Guard Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a7a3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Death Guard Green is more muted, warmer than Orc Flesh.

Can I use Death Guard Green instead of Orc Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Death Guard Green is more muted, warmer than Orc Flesh.

Can I use Orc Flesh instead of Death Guard Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Orc Flesh 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 Orc Flesh on the colour wheel See Death Guard Green on the colour wheel

Other Citadel paints close to Orc Flesh

Orc Flesh vs Warboss GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Death Guard Green
Orc Flesh vs Loren ForestColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close
Orc Flesh vs Skarsnik GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Death Guard Green

Death Guard Green vs Light Green (AK11411)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Orc Flesh
Death Guard Green vs RAL 7008 Graugrün Opt 2 (AK11314)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 10, close
Death Guard Green vs Russian Uniform Lights (AK11429)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Orc Flesh equivalents · Death Guard Green equivalents