What is the difference between Light Drab and Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

ΔE 8 (close). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Drab vs Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Light Drab

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4032P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #728552 (estimate)

Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-384
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #727c3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more saturated, warmer than Light Drab.

Can I use Cockpit Color Kawanishi instead of Light Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more saturated, warmer than Light Drab.

Can I use Light Drab instead of Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Drab is more muted, 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 Light Drab on the colour wheel See Cockpit Color Kawanishi on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Light Drab

Light Drab vs Light Brown (H-321)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cockpit Color Kawanishi
Light Drab vs Zinc-Chromate Type I FS34151 (C-351)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Light Drab vs RLM 82 Light Green (C-122)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Greatcoat Green (WP4139P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Drab
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Light DAK Green (WP4149P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Drab
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Olive DrabWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Light Drab equivalents · Cockpit Color Kawanishi equivalents