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

ΔE 8 (close). Olive Green (USAF) is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs Olive Green (USAF)

Death Korps Drab

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

Olive Green (USAF)

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-14
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #526343 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Green (USAF) is cooler than Death Korps Drab.

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

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Olive Green (USAF) is cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Olive Green (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 Green (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 Green (USAF)
Death Korps Drab vs Olive Drab (XF-62)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 6, close · closer than Olive Green (USAF)
Death Korps Drab vs Olive Drab (USAF) (AS-6)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 6, close · closer than Olive Green (USAF)

Other Citadel paints close to Olive Green (USAF)

Olive Green (USAF) vs Straken GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair
Olive Green (USAF) vs Death World ForestColour: Base · ΔE 13, fair
Olive Green (USAF) vs Death World ForestColour: Air · ΔE 13, fair

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