What is the difference between Death World Forest and Dark Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Dark Green is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death World Forest vs Dark Green

Death World Forest

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a5a2a (estimate)

Dark Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.028
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #26562f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Green is cooler than Death World Forest.

Can I use Dark Green instead of Death World Forest?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Dark Green is cooler than Death World Forest.

Can I use Death World Forest instead of Dark Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death World Forest is 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 World Forest on the colour wheel See Dark Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Death World Forest

Death World Forest vs Olive Green (70.967)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Green
Death World Forest vs Fern Green (70.833)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Death World Forest vs Splinter Green (70.756)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Citadel paints close to Dark Green

Dark Green vs Waaagh! FleshColour: Base · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Death World Forest
Dark Green vs Vulkan GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Death World Forest
Dark Green vs Caliban GreenColour: Base · ΔE 6, close · closer than Death World Forest

All matches: Death World Forest equivalents · Dark Green equivalents