What is the difference between Dark Olive Drab and Cam. Middle Brown?

ΔE 6 (close). Cam. Middle Brown is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Olive Drab vs Cam. Middle Brown

Dark Olive Drab

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20065
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a3619 (estimate)

Cam. Middle Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.740
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #41341f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cam. Middle Brown is warmer than Dark Olive Drab.

Can I use Cam. Middle Brown instead of Dark Olive Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Cam. Middle Brown is warmer than Dark Olive Drab.

Can I use Dark Olive Drab instead of Cam. Middle Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Olive Drab is 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 Dark Olive Drab on the colour wheel See Cam. Middle Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Olive Drab

Dark Olive Drab vs Canvas (70.763)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown
Dark Olive Drab vs Grey Brown (70.762)Model Color · ΔE 7, close
Dark Olive Drab vs Dark Green RLM71 (71.015)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Cam. Middle Brown

Cam. Middle Brown vs Burnt Umber (IONIC-0161)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 7, close
Cam. Middle Brown vs Starship Sludge Bay (A.MIG-3532)Oilbrusher · ΔE 8, close
Cam. Middle Brown vs Burnt Brown (ATOM-20056)ATOM · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Dark Olive Drab equivalents · Cam. Middle Brown equivalents