What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 9 (close). Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Yellow Olive

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Yellow Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.013
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #393e3c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Yellow Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is a little lighter, more saturated.

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

Other Citadel paints close to Yellow Olive

Yellow Olive vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 6, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Yellow Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Yellow Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents