What is the difference between Steel Legion Drab and Khaki Green Num.?

ΔE 9 (close). Khaki Green Num. is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Steel Legion Drab vs Khaki Green Num.

Steel Legion Drab

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a4a3a (estimate)

Khaki Green Num.

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.330
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c4742 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Khaki Green Num. is more muted than Steel Legion Drab.

Can I use Khaki Green Num. instead of Steel Legion Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Khaki Green Num. is more muted than Steel Legion Drab.

Can I use Steel Legion Drab instead of Khaki Green Num.?

The same difference applies the other way round: Steel Legion Drab is 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 Steel Legion Drab on the colour wheel See Khaki Green Num. on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Steel Legion Drab

Steel Legion Drab vs Camou. Pale Brown (71.035)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Khaki Green Num.
Steel Legion Drab vs US Field Drab (71.139)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Khaki Green Num.
Steel Legion Drab vs IJA Khaki Brown (71.287)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Khaki Green Num.

Other Citadel paints close to Khaki Green Num.

Khaki Green Num. vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Steel Legion Drab
Khaki Green Num. vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Steel Legion Drab
Khaki Green Num. vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Steel Legion Drab equivalents · Khaki Green Num. equivalents