What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Dark Green?

ΔE 6 (close). Dark Green is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Dark Green

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Dark Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.012
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #484c3b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Green is cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Dark Green instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Dark Green is cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Dark Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is 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 Dark Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Skavenblight Dinge

Skavenblight Dinge vs German Tank Crew (70.759)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Green
Skavenblight Dinge vs US Olive Drab (71.043)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Green
Skavenblight Dinge vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Green

Other Citadel paints close to Dark Green

Dark Green vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
Dark Green vs Death Korps DrabColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Dark Green vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Dark Green equivalents