What is the difference between Starship Filth and Refractive Green?

ΔE 6 (close). Refractive Green is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Starship Filth vs Refractive Green

Starship Filth

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Oilbrusher
Code: A.MIG-3513
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a4c3e (estimate)

Refractive Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.890
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #394131 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Refractive Green is a little darker, cooler than Starship Filth.

Can I use Refractive Green instead of Starship Filth?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Refractive Green is a little darker, cooler than Starship Filth.

Can I use Starship Filth instead of Refractive Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Starship Filth is a little lighter, 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 Starship Filth on the colour wheel See Refractive Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Starship Filth

Starship Filth vs Russian Green 4BO (71.017)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Refractive Green
Starship Filth vs IJA Dark Green (71.285)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Refractive Green
Starship Filth vs US Olive Drab (70.887)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Refractive Green

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Refractive Green

Refractive Green vs NATO Green (ATOM-20066)ATOM · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Starship Filth
Refractive Green vs Field Grey Shadow FS-34086 (AMMO.F-514)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Starship Filth
Refractive Green vs Dark Green (A.MIG-3507)Oilbrusher · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Starship Filth

All matches: Starship Filth equivalents · Refractive Green equivalents