What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Medium Olive?

ΔE 6 (close). Medium Olive is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Medium Olive

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Medium Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.092
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #444b3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Olive is cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Medium Olive instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

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

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Medium Olive?

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

Other Citadel paints close to Medium Olive

Medium Olive vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close
Medium Olive vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Medium Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Medium Olive equivalents