What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and Dark Slate Grey?

ΔE 11 (fair). Dark Slate Grey is a little darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs Dark Slate Grey

Death Korps Drab

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

Dark Slate Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.309
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #484c3b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.8, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Dark Slate Grey is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Dark Slate Grey instead of Death Korps Drab?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Dark Slate Grey is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Dark Slate Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Korps Drab is a little lighter, more saturated, 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 Dark Slate Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Death Korps Drab

Death Korps Drab vs US Light Green (71.137)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dark Slate Grey
Death Korps Drab vs Interior Green (71.010)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Slate Grey
Death Korps Drab vs AMT-4 Cam. Green (71.301)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Slate Grey

Other Citadel paints close to Dark Slate Grey

Dark Slate Grey vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 6, close · closer than Death Korps Drab
Dark Slate Grey vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 10, close · closer than Death Korps Drab
Dark Slate Grey vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · Dark Slate Grey equivalents