What is the difference between Medium Drab and Camou. Grey Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Camou. Grey Green is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Drab vs Camou. Grey Green

Medium Drab

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

Camou. Grey Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.116
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6c6048 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Camou. Grey Green is a little lighter, warmer than Medium Drab.

Can I use Camou. Grey Green instead of Medium Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Camou. Grey Green is a little lighter, warmer than Medium Drab.

Can I use Medium Drab instead of Camou. Grey Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium 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 Medium Drab on the colour wheel See Camou. Grey Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Drab

Medium Drab vs Interior Green (71.010)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Camou. Grey Green
Medium Drab vs AMT-4 Cam. Green (71.301)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Camou. Grey Green
Medium Drab vs Khaki (70.988)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Camou. Grey Green

Other Army Painter paints close to Camou. Grey Green

Camou. Grey Green vs Ammo Pouch Brown (WP4130P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Drab
Camou. Grey Green vs Mid Battle Dress (WP4054P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Drab
Camou. Grey Green vs Tundra TaupeWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Medium Drab equivalents · Camou. Grey Green equivalents