What is the difference between Green FS34079 and IJN Deep Dark Green?

ΔE 7 (close). IJN Deep Dark Green is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green FS34079 vs IJN Deep Dark Green

Green FS34079

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-309
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #395759 (estimate)

IJN Deep Dark Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.310
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #304748 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJN Deep Dark Green is a little darker than Green FS34079.

Can I use IJN Deep Dark Green instead of Green FS34079?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). IJN Deep Dark Green is a little darker than Green FS34079.

Can I use Green FS34079 instead of IJN Deep Dark Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green FS34079 is a little lighter.

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 FS34079 on the colour wheel See IJN Deep Dark Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green FS34079

Green FS34079 vs USAF Green (71.124)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IJN Deep Dark Green
Green FS34079 vs Field Blue (70.964)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Green FS34079 vs German Uniform (70.920)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to IJN Deep Dark Green

IJN Deep Dark Green vs Green FS34079 (H-309)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Green FS34079
IJN Deep Dark Green vs RLM 74 Gray Green (C-36)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green FS34079
IJN Deep Dark Green vs RLM 74 Gray Green (N-68)Acrysion · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green FS34079

All matches: Green FS34079 equivalents · IJN Deep Dark Green equivalents