What is the difference between Straken Green and Intermediate Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Intermediate Green is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Straken Green vs Intermediate Green

Straken Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a6a3a (estimate)

Intermediate Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.891
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #466444 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Intermediate Green is more muted, cooler than Straken Green.

Can I use Intermediate Green instead of Straken Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Intermediate Green is more muted, cooler than Straken Green.

Can I use Straken Green instead of Intermediate Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Straken Green 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 Straken Green on the colour wheel See Intermediate Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Straken Green

Straken Green vs Olive Green (70.967)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Intermediate Green
Straken Green vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Intermediate Green
Straken Green vs Splinter Green (70.756)Model Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Citadel paints close to Intermediate Green

Intermediate Green vs Death World ForestColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Intermediate Green vs Death World ForestColour: Air · ΔE 11, fair
Intermediate Green vs Waaagh! FleshColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Straken Green equivalents · Intermediate Green equivalents