What is the difference between Italian Green Camo and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 7 (close). Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Italian Green Camo vs Yellow Olive

Italian Green Camo

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-535
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2c3f36 (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 7.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted than Italian Green Camo.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Italian Green Camo?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted than Italian Green Camo.

Can I use Italian Green Camo instead of Yellow Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Italian Green Camo is a little lighter, 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 Italian Green Camo on the colour wheel See Yellow Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Italian Green Camo

Italian Green Camo vs IJA Midouri Green (71.134)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Italian Green Camo vs IJN Black Green (71.322)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Italian Green Camo vs German Uniform (70.920)Model Color · ΔE 6, very 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 Italian Green Camo
Yellow Olive vs Black Brown (A.MIG-0653)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 8, close
Yellow Olive vs Deep Green (ATOM-20098)ATOM · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Italian Green Camo equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents