What is the difference between Camouflage Green and Dark Yellow?

ΔE 15 (loose). Dark Yellow is noticeably lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Camouflage Green vs Dark Yellow

Camouflage Green

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1800
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #655e10 (estimate)

Dark Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.978
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #818438 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Dark Yellow is noticeably lighter, cooler than Camouflage Green.

Can I use Dark Yellow instead of Camouflage Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 15). Dark Yellow is noticeably lighter, cooler than Camouflage Green.

Can I use Camouflage Green instead of Dark Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Camouflage Green is noticeably darker, 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 Camouflage Green on the colour wheel See Dark Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Camouflage Green

Camouflage Green vs Military Yellow (70.764)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Dark Yellow
Camouflage Green vs Green Brown (70.879)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Dark Yellow
Camouflage Green vs Cayman Green (72.067)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Dark Yellow

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Dark Yellow

Dark Yellow vs Putrid Green (4113)Opaque Colors · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Camouflage Green
Dark Yellow vs Rotten Green (3230)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 17, loose
Dark Yellow vs Desert Camo (1857)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Camouflage Green equivalents · Dark Yellow equivalents