What is the difference between Dark Green Kawanishi and Gunship Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Gunship Green is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Green Kawanishi vs Gunship Green

Dark Green Kawanishi

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-383
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2b4c43 (estimate)

Gunship Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.014
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3f4f3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Gunship Green is warmer than Dark Green Kawanishi.

Can I use Gunship Green instead of Dark Green Kawanishi?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Gunship Green is warmer than Dark Green Kawanishi.

Can I use Dark Green Kawanishi instead of Gunship Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Green Kawanishi is 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 Kawanishi on the colour wheel See Gunship Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Green Kawanishi

Dark Green Kawanishi vs German Uniform (70.920)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Gunship Green
Dark Green Kawanishi vs NATO Green (70.612)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Gunship Green
Dark Green Kawanishi vs IJN Deep Dark Green (71.310)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Gunship Green

Gunship Green vs Olive Drab (C-38)Mr. Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dark Green Kawanishi
Gunship Green vs Dark Green (H-36)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dark Green Kawanishi
Gunship Green vs Olive Drab 2 (H-78)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dark Green Kawanishi

All matches: Dark Green Kawanishi equivalents · Gunship Green equivalents