What is the difference between Midnight Olive and Carbon Black?

ΔE 9 (close). Carbon Black is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Midnight Olive vs Carbon Black

Midnight Olive

Brand: Army Painter
Range: John Blanche Vol. 1-4
Code: Vol. 2
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2c3226 (estimate)

Carbon Black

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #252422 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Carbon Black is a little darker, more muted than Midnight Olive.

Can I use Carbon Black instead of Midnight Olive?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Carbon Black is a little darker, more muted than Midnight Olive.

Can I use Midnight Olive instead of Carbon Black?

The same difference applies the other way round: Midnight Olive is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Midnight Olive on the colour wheel See Carbon Black on the colour wheel

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Midnight Olive

Midnight Olive vs Viridian Grim (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 6, close · closer than Carbon Black
Midnight Olive vs Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 12, fair
Midnight Olive vs Dark Mud (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 14, fair

Other Army Painter paints close to Carbon Black

Carbon Black vs Dark Olive (WP4023P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Midnight Olive
Carbon Black vs Magnolia BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Midnight Olive
Carbon Black vs Brigandine BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Midnight Olive

All matches: Midnight Olive equivalents · Carbon Black equivalents