What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and IJA Khaki Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). IJA Khaki Brown is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs IJA Khaki Brown

Death Korps Drab

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

IJA Khaki Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.287
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5c503d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Khaki Brown is more muted, warmer than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use IJA Khaki Brown instead of Death Korps Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). IJA Khaki Brown is more muted, warmer than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of IJA Khaki Brown?

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

Other Citadel paints close to IJA Khaki Brown

IJA Khaki Brown vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Death Korps Drab
IJA Khaki Brown vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Death Korps Drab
IJA Khaki Brown vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close · closer than Death Korps Drab

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · IJA Khaki Brown equivalents