What is the difference between Loren Forest and Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

ΔE 10 (close). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Loren Forest vs Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Loren Forest

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a7a3a (estimate)

Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-384
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #727c3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more muted, warmer than Loren Forest.

Can I use Cockpit Color Kawanishi instead of Loren Forest?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Cockpit Color Kawanishi is more muted, warmer than Loren Forest.

Can I use Loren Forest instead of Cockpit Color Kawanishi?

The same difference applies the other way round: Loren Forest is more saturated, cooler.

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 Loren Forest on the colour wheel See Cockpit Color Kawanishi on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Loren Forest

Loren Forest vs IJN Type21 Camouflage Color (C-604)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Cockpit Color Kawanishi
Loren Forest vs RLM 82 Light Green (H-422)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cockpit Color Kawanishi
Loren Forest vs Light Brown (H-321)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Citadel paints close to Cockpit Color Kawanishi

Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Nurgling GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Loren Forest
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Death Guard GreenColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
Cockpit Color Kawanishi vs Ogryn CamoColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Loren Forest equivalents · Cockpit Color Kawanishi equivalents