What is the difference between Olivgrün and Intermediate Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Intermediate Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olivgrün vs Intermediate Green

Olivgrün

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20079
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #475832 (estimate)

Intermediate Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.891
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #466444 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Intermediate Green is a little lighter, cooler than Olivgrün.

Can I use Intermediate Green instead of Olivgrün?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Intermediate Green is a little lighter, cooler than Olivgrün.

Can I use Olivgrün instead of Intermediate Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olivgrün 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 on the colour wheel See Intermediate Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olivgrün

Olivgrün vs Green Zinc Chrom. (71.094)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Intermediate Green
Olivgrün vs Olive Green (70.967)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Intermediate Green
Olivgrün vs Uniform Green (70.922)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Intermediate Green

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Intermediate Green

Intermediate Green vs Olive Green (AMMO.F-534)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Olivgrün
Intermediate Green vs Dark Olive Green FS-34130 (AMMO.F-503)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close · closer than Olivgrün
Intermediate Green vs IJA Nakajima Green (ATOM-20076)ATOM · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Olivgrün equivalents · Intermediate Green equivalents