What is the difference between Scaly Hide and Ghost Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Ghost Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Scaly Hide vs Ghost Green

Scaly Hide

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a7c9ab (estimate)

Ghost Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.121
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #aedec6 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Ghost Green is a little lighter, cooler than Scaly Hide.

Can I use Ghost Green instead of Scaly Hide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Ghost Green is a little lighter, cooler than Scaly Hide.

Can I use Scaly Hide instead of Ghost Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Scaly Hide 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 Scaly Hide on the colour wheel See Ghost Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Scaly Hide

Scaly Hide vs Flanker Light Blue (71.334)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Ghost Green
Scaly Hide vs Russ. AF Light Blue (71.342)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Scaly Hide vs Light Blue (71.328)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Ghost Green

Ghost Green vs Mossy GreenWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Scaly Hide
Ghost Green vs Leviathan LightWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Scaly Hide
Ghost Green vs Forest FaunWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Scaly Hide equivalents · Ghost Green equivalents