What is the difference between Tainted Garden and Luftwaffe Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Luftwaffe Green is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tainted Garden vs Luftwaffe Green

Tainted Garden

Brand: Army Painter
Range: John Blanche Vol. 1-4
Code: Vol. 2
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3e3e26 (estimate)

Luftwaffe Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.823
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2c3723 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Luftwaffe Green is a little darker, cooler than Tainted Garden.

Can I use Luftwaffe Green instead of Tainted Garden?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Luftwaffe Green is a little darker, cooler than Tainted Garden.

Can I use Tainted Garden instead of Luftwaffe Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tainted Garden is a little lighter, 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 Tainted Garden on the colour wheel See Luftwaffe Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Tainted Garden

Tainted Garden vs Dark Green RLM71 (71.015)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Luftwaffe Green
Tainted Garden vs IJA Olive Green (71.286)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Luftwaffe Green
Tainted Garden vs N. (71.316)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Luftwaffe Green

Other Army Painter paints close to Luftwaffe Green

Luftwaffe Green vs Midnight Olive (Vol. 2)John Blanche Vol. 1-4 · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Tainted Garden
Luftwaffe Green vs Militia GreenWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Tainted Garden
Luftwaffe Green vs Dark Soviet Khaki (WP4123P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Tainted Garden equivalents · Luftwaffe Green equivalents