What is the difference between Azure and Snake Green?

ΔE 12 (fair). Snake Green is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Azure vs Snake Green

Azure

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4229
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #11494c (estimate)

Snake Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.417
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #195142 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 12.4, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Snake Green is more saturated, warmer than Azure.

Can I use Snake Green instead of Azure?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 12). Snake Green is more saturated, warmer than Azure.

Can I use Azure instead of Snake Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Azure is more muted, 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 Azure on the colour wheel See Snake Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Azure

Azure vs Heretic Turquoise (72.481)Xpress Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Snake Green
Azure vs Caribbean Turquoise (72.414)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Snake Green
Azure vs Space Grey (72.422)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Snake Green

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Snake Green

Snake Green vs Turquoise Ghost (4235)Dipping Inks · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Azure
Snake Green vs Hulky Green (4227)Dipping Inks · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Azure
Snake Green vs Ork Flesh (4228)Dipping Inks · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Azure

All matches: Azure equivalents · Snake Green equivalents