What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and US Field Drab?

ΔE 10 (close). US Field Drab is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs US Field Drab

Death Korps Drab

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

US Field Drab

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.139
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. US Field Drab is more muted, warmer than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use US Field Drab instead of Death Korps Drab?

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

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of US Field Drab?

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

Other Citadel paints close to US Field Drab

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

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · US Field Drab equivalents