What is the difference between Green Morkshroom and Olive Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Olive Green is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green Morkshroom vs Olive Green

Green Morkshroom

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Tone Pro
Code: T1
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #183332 (estimate)

Olive Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.007
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2c3132 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Green is more muted than Green Morkshroom.

Can I use Olive Green instead of Green Morkshroom?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Olive Green is more muted than Green Morkshroom.

Can I use Green Morkshroom instead of Olive Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green Morkshroom 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 Green Morkshroom on the colour wheel See Olive Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green Morkshroom

Green Morkshroom vs Black Green (70.980)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Olive Green
Green Morkshroom vs UK Bronze Green (70.607)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Olive Green
Green Morkshroom vs Yellow Olive (70.892)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Olive Green

Other Citadel paints close to Olive Green

Olive Green vs Dryad BarkColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Green Morkshroom
Olive Green vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 8, close · closer than Green Morkshroom
Olive Green vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Green Morkshroom

All matches: Green Morkshroom equivalents · Olive Green equivalents