What is the difference between Dark Drab and Medium Olive?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Olive is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Drab vs Medium Olive

Dark Drab

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4026P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2d3e35 (estimate)

Medium Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.092
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #444b3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Olive is a little lighter, warmer than Dark Drab.

Can I use Medium Olive instead of Dark Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Olive is a little lighter, warmer than Dark Drab.

Can I use Dark Drab instead of Medium Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Drab is a little darker, cooler.

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 Drab on the colour wheel See Medium Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Drab

Dark Drab vs IJA Midouri Green (71.134)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Olive
Dark Drab vs IJN Black Green (71.322)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Olive
Dark Drab vs German Uniform (70.920)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Olive

Other Army Painter paints close to Medium Olive

Medium Olive vs Mid Feldgrau (WP4044P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Drab
Medium Olive vs Dark Boot Brown (WP4126P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dark Drab
Medium Olive vs Dark Feldgrau (WP4042P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Dark Drab equivalents · Medium Olive equivalents