What is the difference between Green Morkshroom and Yellow Olive?

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

Green Morkshroom vs Yellow Olive

Green Morkshroom

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

Yellow Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.892
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2d332d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is more muted than Green Morkshroom.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Green Morkshroom?

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

Can I use Green Morkshroom instead of Yellow Olive?

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 Yellow Olive 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 Yellow Olive
Green Morkshroom vs UK Bronze Green (70.607)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Yellow Olive
Green Morkshroom vs Olive Green (71.007)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Citadel paints close to Yellow Olive

Yellow Olive vs Dryad BarkColour: Base · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Green Morkshroom
Yellow Olive vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair
Yellow Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Green Morkshroom equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents