What is the difference between Sotek Green and Light Emerald?

ΔE 7 (close). Light Emerald is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sotek Green vs Light Emerald

Sotek Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #1a8a8a (estimate)

Light Emerald

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.755
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2b8279 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Emerald is warmer than Sotek Green.

Can I use Light Emerald instead of Sotek Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Light Emerald is warmer than Sotek Green.

Can I use Sotek Green instead of Light Emerald?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sotek Green is cooler.

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 Sotek Green on the colour wheel See Light Emerald on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sotek Green

Sotek Green vs Light Blue Green (70.753)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Sotek Green vs Blue Green (70.808)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Sotek Green vs Scurvy Green (72.027)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other Citadel paints close to Light Emerald

Light Emerald vs Sons of Horus GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair
Light Emerald vs Stegadon Scale GreenColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Light Emerald vs Kabalite GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 15, loose

All matches: Sotek Green equivalents · Light Emerald equivalents