What is the difference between Eshin Grey and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 6 (close). Yellow Olive is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Eshin Grey vs Yellow Olive

Eshin Grey

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a4a4a (estimate)

Yellow Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.013
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #393e3c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is a little darker than Eshin Grey.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Eshin Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Yellow Olive is a little darker than Eshin Grey.

Can I use Eshin Grey instead of Yellow Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Eshin Grey is a little lighter.

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 Eshin Grey on the colour wheel See Yellow Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Eshin Grey

Eshin Grey vs Seaplane Gray (71.314)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Eshin Grey vs Violet Grey (70.773)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Eshin Grey vs Grey Green RLM74 (71.258)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive

Other Citadel paints close to Yellow Olive

Yellow Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 7, close
Yellow Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 7, close
Yellow Olive vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Eshin Grey equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents