What is the difference between Warboss Green and Chromium Oxide Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Chromium Oxide Green is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Warboss Green vs Chromium Oxide Green

Warboss Green

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a7a3a (estimate)

Chromium Oxide Green

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PG17
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c7434 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chromium Oxide Green is more muted, warmer than Warboss Green.

Can I use Chromium Oxide Green instead of Warboss Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Chromium Oxide Green is more muted, warmer than Warboss Green.

Can I use Warboss Green instead of Chromium Oxide Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Warboss Green is more saturated, cooler.

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 Warboss Green on the colour wheel See Chromium Oxide Green on the colour wheel

Other Golden paints close to Warboss Green

Warboss Green vs Jenkins Green (PBk9 / PG36 / PY150)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 12, fair
Warboss Green vs Phthalo Green (Blue Shade) (PG7)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 15, fair
Warboss Green vs Phthalo Green (Yellow Shade) (PG36)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 17, loose

Other Citadel paints close to Chromium Oxide Green

Chromium Oxide Green vs Death Guard GreenColour: Base · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Warboss Green
Chromium Oxide Green vs Loren ForestColour: Layer · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Warboss Green
Chromium Oxide Green vs Straken GreenColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Warboss Green equivalents · Chromium Oxide Green equivalents