What is the difference between Dark Olive Drab and Grey Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Grey Brown is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Olive Drab vs Grey Brown

Dark Olive Drab

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

Grey Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.762
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c4021 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grey Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Dark Olive Drab.

Can I use Grey Brown instead of Dark Olive Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Grey Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Dark Olive Drab.

Can I use Dark Olive Drab instead of Grey Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Olive Drab is a little darker, 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 Grey 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 Grey Brown
Dark Olive Drab vs Cam. Middle Brown (70.740)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Grey Brown
Dark Olive Drab vs Dark Green RLM71 (71.015)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Grey Brown

Grey Brown vs Olive Drab (ATOM-20069)ATOM · ΔE 8, close
Grey Brown vs Dark Wood (ATOM-20050)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair
Grey Brown vs Chipping (A.MIG-0618)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Dark Olive Drab equivalents · Grey Brown equivalents