What is the difference between Steel Legion Drab and Light Olive?

ΔE 9 (close). Light Olive is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Steel Legion Drab vs Light Olive

Steel Legion Drab

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

Light Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.247
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #595844 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Olive is a little lighter, cooler than Steel Legion Drab.

Can I use Light Olive instead of Steel Legion Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Light Olive is a little lighter, cooler than Steel Legion Drab.

Can I use Steel Legion Drab instead of Light Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Steel Legion Drab 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 Steel Legion Drab on the colour wheel See Light Olive 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 Light Olive
Steel Legion Drab vs US Field Drab (71.139)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Olive
Steel Legion Drab vs IJA Khaki Brown (71.287)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Olive

Other Citadel paints close to Light Olive

Light Olive vs Death Korps DrabColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Steel Legion Drab
Light Olive vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close · closer than Steel Legion Drab
Light Olive vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Steel Legion Drab equivalents · Light Olive equivalents