What is the difference between Camouflage Green and Military Yellow?

ΔE 10 (close). Military Yellow is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Camouflage Green vs Military Yellow

Camouflage Green

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

Military Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.764
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #826d25 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Military Yellow is a little lighter, warmer than Camouflage Green.

Can I use Military Yellow instead of Camouflage Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Military Yellow is a little lighter, warmer than Camouflage Green.

Can I use Camouflage Green instead of Military Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Camouflage Green is a little darker, 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 Camouflage Green on the colour wheel See Military Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Camouflage Green

Camouflage Green vs Green Brown (70.879)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Camouflage Green vs Cayman Green (72.067)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair
Camouflage Green vs Middle Stone (70.882)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Military Yellow

Military Yellow vs Desert Camo (1857)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 9, close · closer than Camouflage Green
Military Yellow vs Coyote Brown (1856)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, fair
Military Yellow vs Mustard Yellow (1783)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Camouflage Green equivalents · Military Yellow equivalents