What is the difference between Light Drab and Bright Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Bright Green is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Drab vs Bright Green

Light Drab

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

Bright Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.758
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #628349 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bright Green is more saturated, cooler than Light Drab.

Can I use Bright Green instead of Light Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Bright Green is more saturated, cooler than Light Drab.

Can I use Light Drab instead of Bright Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Drab is more muted, 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 Light Drab on the colour wheel See Bright Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Drab

Light Drab vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Bright Green
Light Drab vs Pastel Green (70.885)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bright Green
Light Drab vs Green Sky (70.974)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bright Green

Other Army Painter paints close to Bright Green

Bright Green vs British Camo Green (WP4060P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Drab
Bright Green vs Olive DrabWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 7, close
Bright Green vs Witch BrewWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Light Drab equivalents · Bright Green equivalents