What is the difference between Midnight Olive and IJN Black Green?

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

Midnight Olive vs IJN Black Green

Midnight Olive

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

IJN Black Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.322
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. IJN Black Green is a little lighter, cooler than Midnight Olive.

Can I use IJN Black Green instead of Midnight Olive?

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

Can I use Midnight Olive instead of IJN Black 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 IJN Black 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 IJN Black Green
Midnight Olive vs Olive Grey (70.888)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IJN Black Green
Midnight Olive vs Cam. Olive Green (70.894)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IJN Black Green

Other Army Painter paints close to IJN Black Green

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

All matches: Midnight Olive equivalents · IJN Black Green equivalents