What is the difference between NATO Green and Medium Olive?

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

NATO Green vs Medium Olive

NATO Green

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

Medium Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.092
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #444b3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Olive is a little lighter, more muted than NATO Green.

Can I use Medium Olive instead of NATO Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Medium Olive is a little lighter, more muted than NATO Green.

Can I use NATO Green instead of Medium Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: NATO 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 NATO Green on the colour wheel See Medium Olive 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 Medium Olive
NATO Green vs Medium Olive (70.850)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Medium Olive
NATO Green vs Russian Unif. WWII (70.924)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Olive

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Medium Olive

Medium Olive vs Field Grey Shadow FS-34086 (AMMO.F-514)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 3, very close · closer than NATO Green
Medium Olive vs Starship Filth (A.MIG-3513)Oilbrusher · ΔE 3, very close · closer than NATO Green
Medium Olive vs Graugrün RLM 74 (ATOM-20157)ATOM · ΔE 6, very close · closer than NATO Green

All matches: NATO Green equivalents · Medium Olive equivalents