What is the difference between Dark Green Nakajima and Green Grey?

ΔE 7 (close). Green Grey is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Green Nakajima vs Green Grey

Dark Green Nakajima

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-129
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a6553 (estimate)

Green Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.341
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c5a4e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Grey is a little darker, more muted than Dark Green Nakajima.

Can I use Green Grey instead of Dark Green Nakajima?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Green Grey is a little darker, more muted than Dark Green Nakajima.

Can I use Dark Green Nakajima instead of Green Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Green Nakajima 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 Nakajima on the colour wheel See Green Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Green Nakajima

Dark Green Nakajima vs Olive Grey (71.096)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Green Grey
Dark Green Nakajima vs Pacific Green (70.757)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Green Grey
Dark Green Nakajima vs Green Grey (70.886)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Green Grey

Green Grey vs Dark Green (C-320)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Green Nakajima
Green Grey vs RLM 81 Brown Violet (H-421)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Green Nakajima
Green Grey vs Grass Color (C-523)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Green Nakajima

All matches: Dark Green Nakajima equivalents · Green Grey equivalents