What is the difference between Poison Green and Green Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Green Brown is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Poison Green vs Green Brown

Poison Green

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Signature Series
Code: Signature
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5c5824 (estimate)

Green Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.879
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #70642f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Poison Green.

Can I use Green Brown instead of Poison Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Green Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Poison Green.

Can I use Poison Green instead of Green Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Poison 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 Poison Green on the colour wheel See Green Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Poison Green

Poison Green vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 7, close
Poison Green vs Earth Green (Early) (70.611)Model Air · ΔE 10, close
Poison Green vs Green Yellow (70.881)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Green Brown

Green Brown vs Kiwi Brown (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 18, loose
Green Brown vs Dark Mud (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 23, loose
Green Brown vs Fallen Grass (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Poison Green equivalents · Green Brown equivalents