What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and USAF Olive Drab?

ΔE 7 (close). USAF Olive Drab is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs USAF Olive Drab

Skavenblight Dinge

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

USAF Olive Drab

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.016
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #555343 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. USAF Olive Drab is a little lighter, cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use USAF Olive Drab instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). USAF Olive Drab is a little lighter, cooler than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of USAF Olive Drab?

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

Other Citadel paints close to USAF Olive Drab

USAF Olive Drab vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 7, close
USAF Olive Drab vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close
USAF Olive Drab vs Death Korps DrabColour: Base · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · USAF Olive Drab equivalents