What is the difference between Hay Color and Green Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Green Brown is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Hay Color vs Green Brown

Hay Color

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-524
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7c763d (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 7.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Brown is a little darker, warmer than Hay Color.

Can I use Green Brown instead of Hay Color?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Green Brown is a little darker, warmer than Hay Color.

Can I use Hay Color instead of Green Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Hay Color is a little lighter, 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 Hay Color on the colour wheel See Green Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Hay Color

Hay Color vs Middle Stone (70.882)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Brown
Hay Color vs Dirty Grey (72.145)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Green Brown
Hay Color vs Cayman Green (72.067)Game Color · ΔE 7, 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 Hay Color
Green Brown vs Olive Drab 1 (C-12)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, close
Green Brown vs Earth Green (C-132)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Hay Color equivalents · Green Brown equivalents