What is the difference between Straken Green and Pale Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Pale Green is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Straken Green vs Pale Green

Straken Green

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

Pale Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.095
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #638050 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Green is a little lighter than Straken Green.

Can I use Pale Green instead of Straken Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Pale Green is a little lighter than Straken Green.

Can I use Straken Green instead of Pale Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Straken Green is a little darker.

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 Pale 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 Pale Green
Straken Green vs Intermediate Green (70.891)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Straken Green vs Splinter Green (70.756)Model Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Citadel paints close to Pale Green

Pale Green vs Death Guard GreenColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
Pale Green vs Loren ForestColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Pale Green vs Nurgling GreenColour: Dry · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Straken Green equivalents · Pale Green equivalents