What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Olive Drab 2?

ΔE 10 (close). Olive Drab 2 is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Olive Drab 2

Skavenblight Dinge

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a4438 (estimate)

Olive Drab 2

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

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Drab 2 is more saturated, cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Olive Drab 2 instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Olive Drab 2 is more saturated, cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Olive Drab 2?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is more muted, warmer.

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 Skavenblight Dinge on the colour wheel See Olive Drab 2 on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Skavenblight Dinge

Skavenblight Dinge vs Olive Drab FS34087 (C-304)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Drab 2
Skavenblight Dinge vs Olive Drab FS34087 (H-304)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Drab 2
Skavenblight Dinge vs Dark Earth (C-22)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Drab 2

Other Citadel paints close to Olive Drab 2

Olive Drab 2 vs Death Korps DrabColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair
Olive Drab 2 vs Lupercal GreenColour: Base · ΔE 13, fair
Olive Drab 2 vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Olive Drab 2 equivalents