What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Olive Grey?

ΔE 8 (close). Olive Grey is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Olive Grey

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Olive Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.888
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #343729 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Grey is a little darker, cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Olive Grey instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Olive Grey is a little darker, cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Olive Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is a little lighter, 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 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 Olive Grey
Skavenblight Dinge vs US Olive Drab (71.043)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olive Grey
Skavenblight Dinge vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olive Grey

Other Citadel paints close to Olive Grey

Olive Grey vs Dryad BarkColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Olive Grey vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair
Olive Grey vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Olive Grey equivalents