What is the difference between Oxide Green and Sick Green?

ΔE 22 (loose). Sick Green is a little lighter, much more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Green vs Sick Green

Oxide Green

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #58833f (estimate)

Sick Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.029
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #44962f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 21.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Sick Green is a little lighter, much more saturated than Oxide Green.

Can I use Sick Green instead of Oxide Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 22). Sick Green is a little lighter, much more saturated than Oxide Green.

Can I use Oxide Green instead of Sick Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Green is a little darker, much more muted.

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 Oxide Green on the colour wheel See Sick Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxide Green

Oxide Green vs Bright Green (70.758)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sick Green
Oxide Green vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Sick Green
Oxide Green vs Green Sky (70.974)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Sick Green

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Sick Green

Sick Green vs Nature Green (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 23, loose
Sick Green vs Emerald Green (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 28, loose
Sick Green vs Fallen Grass (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 44, loose

All matches: Oxide Green equivalents · Sick Green equivalents