What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and Green RLM62?

ΔE 7 (close). Green RLM62 is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs Green RLM62

Death Korps Drab

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

Green RLM62

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.104
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4e5640 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green RLM62 is more muted, cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Green RLM62 instead of Death Korps Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Green RLM62 is more muted, cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Green RLM62?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Korps Drab is 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 Green RLM62 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 Green RLM62
Death Korps Drab vs Interior Green (71.010)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green RLM62
Death Korps Drab vs AMT-4 Cam. Green (71.301)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green RLM62

Other Citadel paints close to Green RLM62

Green RLM62 vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair
Green RLM62 vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 12, fair
Green RLM62 vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · Green RLM62 equivalents