What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and Olive Drab (USAF)?

ΔE 6 (close). Olive Drab (USAF) is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs Olive Drab (USAF)

Death Korps Drab

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a5a3a (estimate)

Olive Drab (USAF)

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-6
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #525f41 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Drab (USAF) is cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Olive Drab (USAF) instead of Death Korps Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Olive Drab (USAF) is cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Olive Drab (USAF)?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Korps Drab is 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 Korps Drab on the colour wheel See Olive Drab (USAF) on the colour wheel

Other Tamiya paints close to Death Korps Drab

Death Korps Drab vs Dark Green (AS-9)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olive Drab (USAF)
Death Korps Drab vs Olive Drab (XF-62)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 6, close
Death Korps Drab vs Olive Drab (TS-5)TS Spray · ΔE 6, close

Other Citadel paints close to Olive Drab (USAF)

Olive Drab (USAF) vs Straken GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair
Olive Drab (USAF) vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 14, fair
Olive Drab (USAF) vs Death World ForestColour: Base · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · Olive Drab (USAF) equivalents