What is the difference between Stormvermin Fur and Light Olive?

ΔE 8 (close). Light Olive is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Stormvermin Fur vs Light Olive

Stormvermin Fur

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a5a42 (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 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Olive is more muted, cooler than Stormvermin Fur.

Can I use Light Olive instead of Stormvermin Fur?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Light Olive is more muted, cooler than Stormvermin Fur.

Can I use Stormvermin Fur instead of Light Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Stormvermin Fur is more saturated, 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 Stormvermin Fur on the colour wheel See Light Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Stormvermin Fur

Stormvermin Fur vs Dirt (71.133)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Olive
Stormvermin Fur vs Camou. Grey Green (71.116)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Olive
Stormvermin Fur vs US Field Drab (70.873)Model Color · 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 Stormvermin Fur
Light Olive vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 9, close
Light Olive vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Stormvermin Fur equivalents · Light Olive equivalents