What is the difference between Olive Green and Splinter Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Splinter Green is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Green vs Splinter Green

Olive Green

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-534
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c6047 (estimate)

Splinter Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.756
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3d6444 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Splinter Green is more saturated, cooler than Olive Green.

Can I use Splinter Green instead of Olive Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Splinter Green is more saturated, cooler than Olive Green.

Can I use Olive Green instead of Splinter Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive 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 Olive Green on the colour wheel See Splinter Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Green

Olive Green vs Light Green Chrom. (71.006)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Splinter Green
Olive Green vs Intermediate Green (70.891)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Splinter Green
Olive Green vs Green Zinc Chrom. (71.094)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Splinter Green

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Splinter Green

Splinter Green vs IJA Nakajima Green (ATOM-20076)ATOM · ΔE 8, close · closer than Olive Green
Splinter Green vs IJN Nakajima Dark Green (ATOM-20096)ATOM · ΔE 8, close · closer than Olive Green
Splinter Green vs Forest Green (IONIC-0125)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Olive Green equivalents · Splinter Green equivalents