What is the difference between Light Brown and Pastel Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Pastel Green is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Brown vs Pastel Green

Light Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-321
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #678152 (estimate)

Pastel Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.885
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #839064 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pastel Green is a little lighter, warmer than Light Brown.

Can I use Pastel Green instead of Light Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Pastel Green is a little lighter, warmer than Light Brown.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Pastel Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Brown is a little darker, 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 Light Brown on the colour wheel See Pastel Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Pale Green (71.095)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Pastel Green
Light Brown vs Green Sky (70.974)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pastel Green
Light Brown vs Bright Green (70.758)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pastel Green

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Pastel Green

Pastel Green vs Zinc-Chromate Type I FS34151 (C-351)Mr. Color · ΔE 11, fair
Pastel Green vs Aircraft Gray Green BS283 (C-364)Mr. Color · ΔE 11, fair
Pastel Green vs RLM 02 Gray (C-60)Mr. Color · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Light Brown equivalents · Pastel Green equivalents