What is the difference between Death Guard Green and Pale Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Pale Green is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Guard Green vs Pale Green

Death Guard Green

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

Pale Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.095
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #638050 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Green is more muted than Death Guard Green.

Can I use Pale Green instead of Death Guard Green?

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

Can I use Death Guard Green instead of Pale Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Guard Green is 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 Death Guard Green on the colour wheel See Pale Green 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 Pale Green
Death Guard Green vs Green Sky (70.974)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Death Guard Green vs Dark Yellow (70.978)Model Color · ΔE 15, loose

Other Citadel paints close to Pale Green

Pale Green vs Straken GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close · closer than Death Guard Green
Pale Green vs Loren ForestColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Pale Green vs Nurgling GreenColour: Dry · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Death Guard Green equivalents · Pale Green equivalents