What is the difference between Olive Drab and Medium Drab?

ΔE 6 (close). Medium Drab is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Drab vs Medium Drab

Olive Drab

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20069
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4e4d28 (estimate)

Medium Drab

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4022P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #545337 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Drab is more muted than Olive Drab.

Can I use Medium Drab instead of Olive Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Medium Drab is more muted than Olive Drab.

Can I use Olive Drab instead of Medium Drab?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Drab is 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 Olive Drab on the colour wheel See Medium Drab on the colour wheel

Other Army Painter paints close to Olive Drab

Olive Drab vs Helmet Brown (WP4161P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Medium Drab
Olive Drab vs Dark DAK Green (WP4147P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Medium Drab
Olive Drab vs Steel Helmet Green (WP4127P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Drab

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Medium Drab

Medium Drab vs Schwarzgrün RLM 70 (ATOM-20101)ATOM · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Olive Drab
Medium Drab vs Starship Filth (A.MIG-3513)Oilbrusher · ΔE 9, close
Medium Drab vs NATO Green (ATOM-20066)ATOM · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Olive Drab equivalents · Medium Drab equivalents