What is the difference between Yellow Green and Lime Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Lime Green is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Green vs Lime Green

Yellow Green

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20073
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b9024 (estimate)

Lime Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.827
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6e9735 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Lime Green is cooler than Yellow Green.

Can I use Lime Green instead of Yellow Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Lime Green is cooler than Yellow Green.

Can I use Yellow Green instead of Lime Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Green is 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 Yellow Green on the colour wheel See Lime Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Green

Yellow Green vs Goblin Green (72.030)Game Color · ΔE 15, loose
Yellow Green vs Dark Yellow (70.978)Model Color · ΔE 16, loose
Yellow Green vs Camouflage Green (72.031)Game Color · ΔE 21, loose

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Lime Green

Lime Green vs Bright Green (ATOM-20084)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair
Lime Green vs Resedagrün (RAL 6011) (ATOM-20081)ATOM · ΔE 13, fair
Lime Green vs Olive Green (A.MIG-3505)Oilbrusher · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Yellow Green equivalents · Lime Green equivalents