What is the difference between Field Grey and IDF/IAF Green?

ΔE 8 (close). IDF/IAF Green is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Field Grey vs IDF/IAF Green

Field Grey

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20080
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #54705a (estimate)

IDF/IAF Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.126
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a836a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IDF/IAF Green is a little lighter, warmer than Field Grey.

Can I use IDF/IAF Green instead of Field Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). IDF/IAF Green is a little lighter, warmer than Field Grey.

Can I use Field Grey instead of IDF/IAF Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Field Grey 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 Field Grey on the colour wheel See IDF/IAF Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Field Grey

Field Grey vs Pacific Green (70.757)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than IDF/IAF Green
Field Grey vs Intermediate Green (70.891)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Field Grey vs Light Green RLM25 (71.267)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to IDF/IAF Green

IDF/IAF Green vs Field Grey Highlight FS-34414 (AMMO.F-513)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Field Grey
IDF/IAF Green vs IJA Nakajima Green (ATOM-20076)ATOM · ΔE 10, fair
IDF/IAF Green vs Atlantic Green (ATOM-20097)ATOM · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Field Grey equivalents · IDF/IAF Green equivalents