What is the difference between Dark Green and Olive Grey?

ΔE 6 (close). Olive Grey is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Green vs Olive Grey

Dark Green

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-73
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #435c4b (estimate)

Olive Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.096
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #525e50 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Olive Grey is more muted, warmer than Dark Green.

Can I use Olive Grey instead of Dark Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Olive Grey is more muted, warmer than Dark Green.

Can I use Dark Green instead of Olive Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Green is more saturated, 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 Dark Green on the colour wheel See Olive Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Green

Dark Green vs Green Grey (71.341)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Olive Grey
Dark Green vs Gunship Green (70.895)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Olive Grey
Dark Green vs Gunship Green (71.014)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Olive Grey

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Olive Grey

Olive Grey vs Grass Color (C-523)Mr. Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dark Green
Olive Grey vs RLM 81 Brown Violet (H-421)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Green
Olive Grey vs Dark Green (C-320)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Green

All matches: Dark Green equivalents · Olive Grey equivalents