What is the difference between Ork Flesh and Plague Green?

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

Ork Flesh vs Plague Green

Ork Flesh

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4228
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #1e3a27 (estimate)

Plague Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.419
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #39422b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Green is a little lighter, warmer than Ork Flesh.

Can I use Plague Green instead of Ork Flesh?

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

Can I use Ork Flesh instead of Plague Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ork Flesh 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 Ork Flesh on the colour wheel See Plague Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ork Flesh

Ork Flesh vs Armor Green (72.466)Xpress Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Plague Green
Ork Flesh vs Monastic Green (72.482)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Plague Green
Ork Flesh vs Lizard Green (72.418)Xpress Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Plague Green

Plague Green vs Zombie (4223)Dipping Inks · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ork Flesh
Plague Green vs Green Stone (4220)Dipping Inks · ΔE 11, fair
Plague Green vs Skeleton Brown (4225)Dipping Inks · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Ork Flesh equivalents · Plague Green equivalents