Stegadon Scale Green vs Fluorescent Cold Green

Stegadon Scale Green

Brand
Citadel / Warhammer
Range
Colour: Base
Type
an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch
#1a6a6a (estimate)

Fluorescent Cold Green

Brand
Vallejo
Range
Game Color Special FX / Fluo
Code
72.161
Type
a fluorescent or effect paint
Swatch
#156355 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fluorescent Cold Green is a little darker, warmer than Stegadon Scale Green. They are different kinds of paint: Citadel Stegadon Scale Green is an opaque base/layer paint and Vallejo Fluorescent Cold Green is a fluorescent or effect paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use Fluorescent Cold Green instead of Stegadon Scale Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Fluorescent Cold Green is a little darker, warmer than Stegadon Scale Green. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Stegadon Scale Green instead of Fluorescent Cold Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Stegadon Scale Green is a little lighter, 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 Stegadon Scale Green on the colour wheel See Fluorescent Cold Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Stegadon Scale Green

Other Citadel paints close to Fluorescent Cold Green

All matches: Stegadon Scale Green equivalents · Fluorescent Cold Green equivalents

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