What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 11 (fair). Yellow Olive is a little darker. 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 Color
Code: 70.892
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2d332d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.9, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Yellow Olive is a little darker than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Yellow Olive is a little darker 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.

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 Dryad BarkColour: Base · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Yellow Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Yellow Olive vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents