What is the difference between Death Guard Green and Dark Yellow?

ΔE 15 (loose). Dark Yellow is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Guard Green vs Dark Yellow

Death Guard Green

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

Dark Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.978
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #818438 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Dark Yellow is a little lighter, warmer than Death Guard Green.

Can I use Dark Yellow instead of Death Guard Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 15). Dark Yellow is a little lighter, warmer than Death Guard Green.

Can I use Death Guard Green instead of Dark Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Guard Green is a little darker, 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 Dark Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Death Guard Green

Death Guard Green vs Bright Green (70.758)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Yellow
Death Guard Green vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 10, close · closer than Dark Yellow
Death Guard Green vs Green Sky (70.974)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Dark Yellow

Other Citadel paints close to Dark Yellow

Dark Yellow vs Nurgling GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close · closer than Death Guard Green
Dark Yellow vs Ogryn CamoColour: Layer · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Death Guard Green
Dark Yellow vs Ogryn CamoColour: Air · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Death Guard Green

All matches: Death Guard Green equivalents · Dark Yellow equivalents