What is the difference between Dark Green 3414 and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 6 (close). Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Green 3414 vs Yellow Olive

Dark Green 3414

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-516
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #353b2d (estimate)

Yellow Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.892
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2d332d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted than Dark Green 3414.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Dark Green 3414?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Yellow Olive is a little darker, more muted than Dark Green 3414.

Can I use Dark Green 3414 instead of Yellow Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Green 3414 is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Dark Green 3414 on the colour wheel See Yellow Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Green 3414

Dark Green 3414 vs BS Dark Green (71.324)Model Air · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Dark Green 3414 vs Olive Grey (70.888)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Dark Green 3414 vs Refractive Green (70.890)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Olive

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Yellow Olive

Yellow Olive vs Dark Green BS641 (C-361)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Green 3414
Yellow Olive vs RLM 71 Dark Green (H-64)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Green 3414
Yellow Olive vs Dark Green BS381C/641 (H-330)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Dark Green 3414 equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents