What is the difference between Dark Reaper and USAF Green?

ΔE 8 (close). USAF Green is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Reaper vs USAF Green

Dark Reaper

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2a4a50 (estimate)

USAF Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.124
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #445455 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. USAF Green is a little lighter, more muted than Dark Reaper.

Can I use USAF Green instead of Dark Reaper?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). USAF Green is a little lighter, more muted than Dark Reaper.

Can I use Dark Reaper instead of USAF Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Reaper is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Dark Reaper on the colour wheel See USAF Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Reaper

Dark Reaper vs IJN Deep Dark Green (71.310)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than USAF Green
Dark Reaper vs Black Green (71.018)Model Air · ΔE 8, close
Dark Reaper vs Dark Sea Gray (71.053)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Citadel paints close to USAF Green

USAF Green vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Reaper
USAF Green vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
USAF Green vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Dark Reaper equivalents · USAF Green equivalents