What is the difference between Lupercal Green and Olive Drab?

ΔE 13 (fair). Olive Drab is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Lupercal Green vs Olive Drab

Lupercal Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1a4a3a (estimate)

Olive Drab

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Acrysion
Code: N-78
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3f4c3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 12.6, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Olive Drab is more muted, warmer than Lupercal Green.

Can I use Olive Drab instead of Lupercal Green?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Olive Drab is more muted, warmer than Lupercal Green.

Can I use Lupercal Green instead of Olive Drab?

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

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Lupercal Green

Lupercal Green vs IJA Green (C-16)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Drab
Lupercal Green vs IJA Green (N-60)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Drab
Lupercal Green vs Khaki Green (H-80)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Olive Drab

Other Citadel paints close to Olive Drab

Olive Drab vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close · closer than Lupercal Green
Olive Drab vs Death Korps DrabColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Lupercal Green
Olive Drab vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Lupercal Green equivalents · Olive Drab equivalents