What is the difference between Olive Drab and Grey Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Grey Brown is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Drab vs Grey Brown

Olive Drab

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

Grey Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.762
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c4021 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grey Brown is a little darker, warmer than Olive Drab.

Can I use Grey Brown instead of Olive Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Grey Brown is a little darker, warmer than Olive Drab.

Can I use Olive Drab instead of Grey Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Drab is a little lighter, 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 Olive Drab on the colour wheel See Grey Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Drab

Olive Drab vs Earth Green (Early) (70.611)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Grey Brown
Olive Drab vs Interior Green (71.010)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Grey Brown
Olive Drab vs AMT-4 Cam. Green (71.301)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Grey Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Grey Brown

Grey Brown vs Dark Olive Drab (ATOM-20065)ATOM · ΔE 7, close · closer than Olive Drab
Grey Brown vs Dark Wood (ATOM-20050)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair
Grey Brown vs Chipping (A.MIG-0618)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Olive Drab equivalents · Grey Brown equivalents