What is the difference between Olive Drab and Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

ΔE 8 (close). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Drab vs Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Olive Drab

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #728552 (estimate)

Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-384
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #727c3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more saturated, warmer than Olive Drab.

Can I use Cockpit Color Kawanishi instead of Olive Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more saturated, warmer than Olive Drab.

Can I use Olive Drab instead of Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Drab is more muted, 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 Olive Drab on the colour wheel See Cockpit Color Kawanishi on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Olive Drab

Olive Drab vs Light Brown (H-321)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cockpit Color Kawanishi
Olive Drab vs Zinc-Chromate Type I FS34151 (C-351)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Olive Drab vs RLM 82 Light Green (C-122)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Greatcoat Green (WP4139P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Olive Drab
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Light DAK Green (WP4149P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 6, close · closer than Olive Drab
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Light Drab (WP4032P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Olive Drab equivalents · Cockpit Color Kawanishi equivalents