What is the difference between Straken Green and Light Green Chrom.?

ΔE 11 (fair). Light Green Chrom. is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Straken Green vs Light Green Chrom.

Straken Green

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

Light Green Chrom.

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.006
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #506140 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.8, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Light Green Chrom. is more muted than Straken Green.

Can I use Light Green Chrom. instead of Straken Green?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Light Green Chrom. is more muted than Straken Green.

Can I use Straken Green instead of Light Green Chrom.?

The same difference applies the other way round: Straken Green 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 Straken Green on the colour wheel See Light Green Chrom. 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 Light Green Chrom.
Straken Green vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Light Green Chrom.
Straken Green vs Intermediate Green (70.891)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Light Green Chrom.

Other Citadel paints close to Light Green Chrom.

Light Green Chrom. vs Death Korps DrabColour: Base · ΔE 8, close · closer than Straken Green
Light Green Chrom. vs Death World ForestColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair
Light Green Chrom. vs Death World ForestColour: Air · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Straken Green equivalents · Light Green Chrom. equivalents