What is the difference between Tainted Garden and Olive Grey?

ΔE 7 (close). Olive Grey is a little darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tainted Garden vs Olive Grey

Tainted Garden

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

Olive Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.888
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #343729 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Grey is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Tainted Garden.

Can I use Olive Grey instead of Tainted Garden?

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

Can I use Tainted Garden instead of Olive Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tainted Garden is a little lighter, more saturated, 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 Olive Grey 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 Olive Grey
Tainted Garden vs IJA Olive Green (71.286)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olive Grey
Tainted Garden vs N. (71.316)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olive Grey

Other Army Painter paints close to Olive Grey

Olive Grey vs Midnight Olive (Vol. 2)John Blanche Vol. 1-4 · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Tainted Garden
Olive Grey vs Dark Soviet Khaki (WP4123P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Tainted Garden
Olive Grey vs Militia GreenWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Tainted Garden

All matches: Tainted Garden equivalents · Olive Grey equivalents