What is the difference between Earth Green and Green Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Green Brown is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Earth Green vs Green Brown

Earth Green

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-132
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #635934 (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 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Earth Green.

Can I use Green Brown instead of Earth Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Green Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Earth Green.

Can I use Earth Green instead of Green Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Earth Green is a little darker, more muted.

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 Earth Green on the colour wheel See Green Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Earth Green

Earth Green vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Brown
Earth Green vs Khaki (70.988)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Brown
Earth Green vs Khaki Grey (70.880)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Brown

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Green Brown

Green Brown vs Dark Earth (H-72)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Earth Green
Green Brown vs Hay Color (C-524)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Earth Green
Green Brown vs Olive Drab 1 (C-12)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Earth Green equivalents · Green Brown equivalents