What is the difference between NATO Green and Flat Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Flat Green is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

NATO Green vs Flat Green

NATO Green

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20066
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a4530 (estimate)

Flat Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.968
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2f482e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Green is more saturated, cooler than NATO Green.

Can I use Flat Green instead of NATO Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Flat Green is more saturated, cooler than NATO Green.

Can I use NATO Green instead of Flat Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: NATO Green is more muted, warmer.

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 NATO Green on the colour wheel See Flat Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to NATO Green

NATO Green vs Refractive Green (70.890)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Green
NATO Green vs Medium Olive (70.850)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Green
NATO Green vs Russian Unif. WWII (70.924)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Green

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Flat Green

Flat Green vs IJA Kawasaki Green (ATOM-20068)ATOM · ΔE 3, very close · closer than NATO Green
Flat Green vs Dark Green (A.MIG-3507)Oilbrusher · ΔE 5, very close · closer than NATO Green
Flat Green vs Olivgrün (RLM 71) (ATOM-20067)ATOM · ΔE 7, close · closer than NATO Green

All matches: NATO Green equivalents · Flat Green equivalents