What is the difference between Green and Flat Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Flat Green is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green vs Flat Green

Green

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-525
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #354d3d (estimate)

Flat Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.968
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2f482e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Green is more saturated, warmer than Green.

Can I use Flat Green instead of Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Flat Green is more saturated, warmer than Green.

Can I use Green instead of Flat Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green is more muted, 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 Green on the colour wheel See Flat Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green

Green vs Gunship Green (71.014)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Green
Green vs Gunship Green (70.895)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Green
Green vs NATO Green (70.612)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Green

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Flat Green

Flat Green vs Field Green FS34097 (C-340)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close
Flat Green vs IJA Green (C-16)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Flat Green vs IJA Green (N-60)Acrysion · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Green equivalents · Flat Green equivalents