What is the difference between Medium Drab and Mage Hunter Green?

ΔE 11 (fair). Mage Hunter Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Drab vs Mage Hunter Green

Medium Drab

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4022P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #545337 (estimate)

Mage Hunter Green

Brand: Formula P3
Range: Formula P3
Code: 93126
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4d5f4c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.8, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Mage Hunter Green is a little lighter, cooler than Medium Drab.

Can I use Mage Hunter Green instead of Medium Drab?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Mage Hunter Green is a little lighter, cooler than Medium Drab.

Can I use Medium Drab instead of Mage Hunter Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Drab 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 Medium Drab on the colour wheel See Mage Hunter Green on the colour wheel

Other Formula P3 paints close to Medium Drab

Medium Drab vs Thornwood Green (93033)Formula P3 · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Mage Hunter Green
Medium Drab vs Bastion Grey (93068)Formula P3 · ΔE 14, fair
Medium Drab vs Cryx Bane Base (93067)Formula P3 · ΔE 16, loose

Other Army Painter paints close to Mage Hunter Green

Mage Hunter Green vs Mid Feldgrau (WP4044P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Drab
Mage Hunter Green vs Woodland CamoWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Drab
Mage Hunter Green vs Elf GreenWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Drab

All matches: Medium Drab equivalents · Mage Hunter Green equivalents