What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and Russian Unif. WWII?

ΔE 8 (close). Russian Unif. WWII is a little darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs Russian Unif. WWII

Death Korps Drab

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

Russian Unif. WWII

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.924
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #474c35 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Russian Unif. WWII is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Russian Unif. WWII instead of Death Korps Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Russian Unif. WWII is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Russian Unif. WWII?

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 Russian Unif. WWII 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 Russian Unif. WWII
Death Korps Drab vs Interior Green (71.010)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Russian Unif. WWII
Death Korps Drab vs AMT-4 Cam. Green (71.301)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Russian Unif. WWII

Other Citadel paints close to Russian Unif. WWII

Russian Unif. WWII vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close
Russian Unif. WWII vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Russian Unif. WWII vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · Russian Unif. WWII equivalents