What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and USAF Olive Drab?

ΔE 10 (close). USAF Olive Drab is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Korps Drab vs USAF Olive Drab

Death Korps Drab

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

USAF Olive Drab

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.016
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #555343 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. USAF Olive Drab is more muted than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use USAF Olive Drab instead of Death Korps Drab?

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

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of USAF Olive Drab?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Korps Drab is more saturated.

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

Other Citadel paints close to USAF Olive Drab

USAF Olive Drab vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 7, close · closer than Death Korps Drab
USAF Olive Drab vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Death Korps Drab
USAF Olive Drab vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close · closer than Death Korps Drab

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · USAF Olive Drab equivalents