What is the difference between Green and Olive Green?

ΔE 19 (loose). Olive Green is much more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green vs Olive Green

Green

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-6
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #0e612e (estimate)

Olive Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.967
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #455f38 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.5, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Olive Green is much more muted, warmer than Green.

Can I use Olive Green instead of Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Olive Green is much more muted, warmer than Green.

Can I use Green instead of Olive Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green is much more saturated, 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 Olive Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green

Green vs Dark Green (72.028)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Olive Green
Green vs Splinter Green (70.756)Model Color · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Olive Green
Green vs Emerald (70.838)Model Color · ΔE 19, loose

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Olive Green

Olive Green vs Russian Green (4BO) (C-511)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Green
Olive Green vs Russian Green (4BO) (H-511)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Green
Olive Green vs Cockpit Color Mitsubishi (C-126)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Green

All matches: Green equivalents · Olive Green equivalents