What is the difference between Olivgrün (RLM 71) and Flat Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Flat Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olivgrün (RLM 71) vs Flat Green

Olivgrün (RLM 71)

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20067
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2b3a21 (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 a little lighter, cooler than Olivgrün (RLM 71).

Can I use Flat Green instead of Olivgrün (RLM 71)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Flat Green is a little lighter, cooler than Olivgrün (RLM 71).

Can I use Olivgrün (RLM 71) instead of Flat Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olivgrün (RLM 71) is a little darker, 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 Olivgrün (RLM 71) on the colour wheel See Flat Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olivgrün (RLM 71)

Olivgrün (RLM 71) vs Luftwaffe Green (70.823)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Green
Olivgrün (RLM 71) vs Medium Olive (70.850)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Flat Green
Olivgrün (RLM 71) vs Refractive Green (70.890)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Flat Green

Flat Green vs IJA Kawasaki Green (ATOM-20068)ATOM · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olivgrün (RLM 71)
Flat Green vs Dark Green (A.MIG-3507)Oilbrusher · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Olivgrün (RLM 71)
Flat Green vs NATO Green (ATOM-20066)ATOM · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Olivgrün (RLM 71) equivalents · Flat Green equivalents