What is the difference between Earth Green and Green Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). Green Yellow is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Earth Green vs Green Yellow

Earth Green

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-132
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #635934 (estimate)

Green Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.881
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #64653f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Earth Green.

Can I use Green Yellow instead of Earth Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Green Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Earth Green.

Can I use Earth Green instead of Green Yellow?

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

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 Yellow 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 Yellow
Earth Green vs Khaki (70.988)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow
Earth Green vs Khaki Grey (70.880)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Green Yellow

Green Yellow vs Olive Drab 1 (C-12)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close
Green Yellow vs Khaki (H-81)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close
Green Yellow vs Zinc-Chromate Type I FS34151 (C-351)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Earth Green equivalents · Green Yellow equivalents