What is the difference between Dragon Green and Death Korps Drab?

ΔE 8 (close). Death Korps Drab is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dragon Green vs Death Korps Drab

Dragon Green

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0141
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4e5b31 (estimate)

Death Korps Drab

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a5a3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Death Korps Drab is more muted, warmer than Dragon Green.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Dragon Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Death Korps Drab is more muted, warmer than Dragon Green.

Can I use Dragon Green instead of Death Korps Drab?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dragon Green is more saturated, 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 Dragon Green on the colour wheel See Death Korps Drab on the colour wheel

Other Citadel paints close to Dragon Green

Dragon Green vs Death World ForestColour: Base · ΔE 9, close
Dragon Green vs Death World ForestColour: Air · ΔE 9, close
Dragon Green vs Straken GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Death Korps Drab

Death Korps Drab vs Schwarzgrün RLM 70 (ATOM-20101)ATOM · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dragon Green
Death Korps Drab vs Olive Drab (ATOM-20069)ATOM · ΔE 6, close · closer than Dragon Green
Death Korps Drab vs Olivgrün (ATOM-20079)ATOM · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Dragon Green equivalents · Death Korps Drab equivalents