What is the difference between Midnight Olive and IJA Midouri Green?

ΔE 7 (close). IJA Midouri Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Midnight Olive vs IJA Midouri Green

Midnight Olive

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

IJA Midouri Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.134
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #364238 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Midouri Green is a little lighter, cooler than Midnight Olive.

Can I use IJA Midouri Green instead of Midnight Olive?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). IJA Midouri Green is a little lighter, cooler than Midnight Olive.

Can I use Midnight Olive instead of IJA Midouri Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Midnight Olive 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 Midnight Olive on the colour wheel See IJA Midouri Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Midnight Olive

Midnight Olive vs Bronze Green (70.897)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IJA Midouri Green
Midnight Olive vs Olive Grey (70.888)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IJA Midouri Green
Midnight Olive vs Cam. Olive Green (70.894)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IJA Midouri Green

Other Army Painter paints close to IJA Midouri Green

IJA Midouri Green vs Dark Drab (WP4026P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Midnight Olive
IJA Midouri Green vs Dark Feldgrau (WP4042P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Midnight Olive
IJA Midouri Green vs Militia GreenWarpaints Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Midnight Olive

All matches: Midnight Olive equivalents · IJA Midouri Green equivalents