What is the difference between Khaki and Green Yellow?

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

Khaki vs Green Yellow

Khaki

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-81
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 Khaki.

Can I use Green Yellow instead of Khaki?

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

Can I use Khaki instead of Green Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Khaki 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 Khaki on the colour wheel See Green Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Khaki

Khaki vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow
Khaki vs Khaki (70.988)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow
Khaki 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 Earth Green (C-132)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close
Green Yellow vs Zinc-Chromate Type I FS34151 (C-351)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Khaki equivalents · Green Yellow equivalents