What is the difference between Straken Green and Splinter Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Splinter Green is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Straken Green vs Splinter Green

Straken Green

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

Splinter Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.756
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3d6444 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Splinter Green is more muted, cooler than Straken Green.

Can I use Splinter Green instead of Straken Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Splinter Green is more muted, cooler than Straken Green.

Can I use Straken Green instead of Splinter 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 Splinter 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 Splinter Green
Straken Green vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Splinter Green
Straken Green vs Intermediate Green (70.891)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Splinter Green

Other Citadel paints close to Splinter Green

Splinter Green vs Waaagh! FleshColour: Base · ΔE 9, close · closer than Straken Green
Splinter Green vs Vulkan GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close · closer than Straken Green
Splinter Green vs Death World ForestColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Straken Green equivalents · Splinter Green equivalents