What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Refractive Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Refractive Green is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Refractive Green

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Refractive Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.890
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #394131 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Refractive Green is cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Refractive Green instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Refractive Green is cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Refractive 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 Refractive 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 Refractive Green
Skavenblight Dinge vs US Olive Drab (71.043)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Refractive Green
Skavenblight Dinge vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Refractive Green

Other Citadel paints close to Refractive Green

Refractive Green vs Dryad BarkColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Refractive Green vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 12, fair
Refractive Green vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Refractive Green equivalents