ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Forest Green is a little darker, cooler than Absolution Green. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Absolution Green is a one-coat contrast-style paint and Reaper Forest Green is an opaque base/layer paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.
Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Forest Green is a little darker, cooler than Absolution Green. They are different kinds of paint.
The same difference applies the other way round: Absolution Green 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 Absolution Green on the colour wheel See Forest Green on the colour wheel
All matches: Absolution Green equivalents · Forest Green equivalents