What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Olive Drab?

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

Skavenblight Dinge vs Olive Drab

Skavenblight Dinge

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a4438 (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 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Drab is more saturated, cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Olive Drab instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

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

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Olive Drab?

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

Other Citadel paints close to Olive Drab

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

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Olive Drab equivalents