What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and Earth Green (Early)?

ΔE 6 (close). Earth Green (Early) is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs Earth Green (Early)

Death Korps Drab

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

Earth Green (Early)

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 70.611
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #574f2c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Earth Green (Early) is a little darker, warmer than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Earth Green (Early) instead of Death Korps Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Earth Green (Early) is a little darker, warmer than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Earth Green (Early)?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Korps Drab is a little lighter, 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 Korps Drab on the colour wheel See Earth Green (Early) 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 Earth Green (Early)
Death Korps Drab vs Interior Green (71.010)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Earth Green (Early)
Death Korps Drab vs AMT-4 Cam. Green (71.301)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Earth Green (Early)

Other Citadel paints close to Earth Green (Early)

Earth Green (Early) vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close
Earth Green (Early) vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair
Earth Green (Early) vs Gorthor BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · Earth Green (Early) equivalents