What is the difference between Dark DAK Green and Green Zinc Chrom.?

ΔE 8 (close). Green Zinc Chrom. is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark DAK Green vs Green Zinc Chrom.

Dark DAK Green

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4147P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #444928 (estimate)

Green Zinc Chrom.

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.094
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #495938 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Zinc Chrom. is a little lighter, cooler than Dark DAK Green.

Can I use Green Zinc Chrom. instead of Dark DAK Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Green Zinc Chrom. is a little lighter, cooler than Dark DAK Green.

Can I use Dark DAK Green instead of Green Zinc Chrom.?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark DAK Green 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 Dark DAK Green on the colour wheel See Green Zinc Chrom. on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark DAK Green

Dark DAK Green vs Uniform Green (70.922)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Green Zinc Chrom.
Dark DAK Green vs Russian Unif. WWII (70.924)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Green Zinc Chrom.
Dark DAK Green vs Earth Green (Early) (70.611)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Green Zinc Chrom.

Other Army Painter paints close to Green Zinc Chrom.

Green Zinc Chrom. vs Army GreenWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark DAK Green
Green Zinc Chrom. vs Army GreenWarpaints Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark DAK Green
Green Zinc Chrom. vs Mid DAK Green (WP4148P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 6, close · closer than Dark DAK Green

All matches: Dark DAK Green equivalents · Green Zinc Chrom. equivalents