What is the difference between Seawater and Sons of Horus Green?

ΔE 6 (close). Sons of Horus Green is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Seawater vs Sons of Horus Green

Seawater

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0107
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #006a52 (estimate)

Sons of Horus Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1a6a5a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sons of Horus Green is more muted, cooler than Seawater.

Can I use Sons of Horus Green instead of Seawater?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Sons of Horus Green is more muted, cooler than Seawater.

Can I use Seawater instead of Sons of Horus Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Seawater is more saturated, 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 Seawater on the colour wheel See Sons of Horus Green on the colour wheel

Other Citadel paints close to Seawater

Seawater vs Waaagh! FleshColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
Seawater vs Vulkan GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Seawater vs Kabalite GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Sons of Horus Green

Sons of Horus Green vs Emerald Green (A.MIG-0647)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 8, close
Sons of Horus Green vs IJN Nakajima Dark Green (ATOM-20096)ATOM · ΔE 9, close
Sons of Horus Green vs Scaly Green (IONIC-0121)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Seawater equivalents · Sons of Horus Green equivalents