What is the difference between Death Guard Green and RLM 82 Light Green?

ΔE 7 (close). RLM 82 Light Green is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Guard Green vs RLM 82 Light Green

Death Guard Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a7a3a (estimate)

RLM 82 Light Green

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-422
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #47733a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. RLM 82 Light Green is a little darker, cooler than Death Guard Green.

Can I use RLM 82 Light Green instead of Death Guard Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). RLM 82 Light Green is a little darker, cooler than Death Guard Green.

Can I use Death Guard Green instead of RLM 82 Light Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Guard Green 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 Death Guard Green on the colour wheel See RLM 82 Light Green 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 RLM 82 Light Green
Death Guard Green vs Cockpit Color Kawanishi (C-384)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, close
Death Guard Green vs Light Brown (H-321)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Citadel paints close to RLM 82 Light Green

RLM 82 Light Green vs Loren ForestColour: Layer · ΔE 7, close
RLM 82 Light Green vs Straken GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 7, close
RLM 82 Light Green vs Warboss GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Death Guard Green equivalents · RLM 82 Light Green equivalents