What is the difference between Canvas and IJA Grey Green?

ΔE 7 (close). IJA Grey Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Canvas vs IJA Grey Green

Canvas

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4033P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ab9d80 (estimate)

IJA Grey Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.326
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #aeac8f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Grey Green is a little lighter, cooler than Canvas.

Can I use IJA Grey Green instead of Canvas?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). IJA Grey Green is a little lighter, cooler than Canvas.

Can I use Canvas instead of IJA Grey Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Canvas 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 Canvas on the colour wheel See IJA Grey Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Canvas

Canvas vs Desert Tan (70.765)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than IJA Grey Green
Canvas vs IAF Sand (71.327)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IJA Grey Green
Canvas vs IDF Sand Grey (71.141)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IJA Grey Green

Other Army Painter paints close to IJA Grey Green

IJA Grey Green vs Hanpu Beige (WP4160P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Canvas
IJA Grey Green vs Zombie FleshWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close
IJA Grey Green vs Stone Grey (WP4138P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Canvas equivalents · IJA Grey Green equivalents