What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Dark Slate Grey?

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

Skavenblight Dinge vs Dark Slate Grey

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Dark Slate Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.309
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 Slate Grey is cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Dark Slate Grey instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

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

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Dark Slate Grey?

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 Slate Grey 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 Slate Grey
Skavenblight Dinge vs US Olive Drab (71.043)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Slate Grey
Skavenblight Dinge vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Slate Grey

Other Citadel paints close to Dark Slate Grey

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

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Dark Slate Grey equivalents