What is the difference between Death Guard Green and Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

ΔE 10 (close). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Guard Green vs Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Death Guard Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a7a3a (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 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more muted, warmer than Death Guard Green.

Can I use Cockpit Color Kawanishi instead of Death Guard Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more muted, warmer than Death Guard Green.

Can I use Death Guard Green instead of Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Guard Green is more saturated, 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 Death Guard Green on the colour wheel See Cockpit Color Kawanishi on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Death Guard Green

Death Guard Green vs IJN Type21 Camouflage Color (C-604)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Cockpit Color Kawanishi
Death Guard Green vs RLM 82 Light Green (H-422)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cockpit Color Kawanishi
Death Guard Green vs Light Brown (H-321)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Citadel paints close to Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Nurgling GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Death Guard Green
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Loren ForestColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Ogryn CamoColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Death Guard Green equivalents · Cockpit Color Kawanishi equivalents