What is the difference between Black Brown and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 8 (close). Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Black Brown vs Yellow Olive

Black Brown

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Dio Drybrush
Code: A.MIG-0653
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #242424 (estimate)

Yellow Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.892
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2d332d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more saturated than Black Brown.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Black Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more saturated than Black Brown.

Can I use Black Brown instead of Yellow Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Black Brown is a little darker, more muted.

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 Black Brown on the colour wheel See Yellow Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Black Brown

Black Brown vs German Grey (70.995)Model Color · ΔE 0, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Black Brown vs Cam. Black Green (70.741)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Black Brown vs NATO Black (71.251)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Yellow Olive

Yellow Olive vs Cold Black (IONIC-0170)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Black Brown
Yellow Olive vs Italian Green Camo (AMMO.F-535)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close · closer than Black Brown
Yellow Olive vs Deep Green (ATOM-20098)ATOM · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Black Brown equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents