What is the difference between Deep Green and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 9 (close). Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Deep Green vs Yellow Olive

Deep Green

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20098
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #132923 (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 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more muted than Deep Green.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Deep Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more muted than Deep Green.

Can I use Deep Green instead of Yellow Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Deep Green is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Deep Green on the colour wheel See Yellow Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Deep Green

Deep Green vs Cam. Dark Green (70.979)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Deep Green vs Black Green (70.980)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Deep Green vs Bronze Green (70.897)Model Color · ΔE 8, 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 Deep Green
Yellow Olive vs Italian Green Camo (AMMO.F-535)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close · closer than Deep Green
Yellow Olive vs Black Brown (A.MIG-0653)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 8, close · closer than Deep Green

All matches: Deep Green equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents