What is the difference between Noble Skin and Forest Green?

ΔE 26 (loose). Forest Green is much more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Noble Skin vs Forest Green

Noble Skin

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #4a4636 (estimate)

Forest Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.465
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #1d512d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 25.8, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Forest Green is much more saturated, cooler than Noble Skin.

Can I use Forest Green instead of Noble Skin?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 26). Forest Green is much more saturated, cooler than Noble Skin.

Can I use Noble Skin instead of Forest Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Noble Skin is much more muted, 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 Noble Skin on the colour wheel See Forest Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Noble Skin

Noble Skin vs Camouflage Green (72.467)Xpress Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Forest Green
Noble Skin vs Battledress Brown (72.473)Xpress Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Forest Green
Noble Skin vs Plague Green (72.419)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Forest Green

Other Army Painter paints close to Forest Green

Forest Green vs Absolution GreenSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Noble Skin
Forest Green vs Gunner CamoSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Noble Skin
Forest Green vs Burnt MossSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 21, loose · closer than Noble Skin

All matches: Noble Skin equivalents · Forest Green equivalents