What is the difference between Aquamarine and Jade Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Jade Green is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Aquamarine vs Jade Green

Aquamarine

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20116
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #44c0b6 (estimate)

Jade Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.026
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #00ab9b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Jade Green is a little darker than Aquamarine.

Can I use Jade Green instead of Aquamarine?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Jade Green is a little darker than Aquamarine.

Can I use Aquamarine instead of Jade Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Aquamarine is a little lighter.

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 Aquamarine on the colour wheel See Jade Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Aquamarine

Aquamarine vs Foul Green (72.025)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Aquamarine vs Aquamarine (72.119)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair
Aquamarine vs Cockpit E.G.“Faded” (71.331)Model Air · ΔE 17, loose

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Jade Green

Jade Green vs Jade Green (ATOM-20115)ATOM · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Aquamarine
Jade Green vs Light Turquoise (IONIC-0108)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, close · closer than Aquamarine
Jade Green vs Turquoise Green (ATOM-20114)ATOM · ΔE 6, close · closer than Aquamarine

All matches: Aquamarine equivalents · Jade Green equivalents