What is the difference between Light Green and Emerald?

ΔE 7 (close). Emerald is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Green vs Emerald

Light Green

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-319
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #307160 (estimate)

Emerald

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.838
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #116450 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Emerald is a little darker than Light Green.

Can I use Emerald instead of Light Green?

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

Can I use Light Green instead of Emerald?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Green 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 Light Green on the colour wheel See Emerald on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Green

Light Green vs Park Green Flat (70.969)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Emerald
Light Green vs Light Green RLM25 (71.267)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Emerald
Light Green vs Scurvy Green (72.027)Game Color · ΔE 7, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Emerald

Emerald vs Grayish Blue FS35237 (H-337)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close
Emerald vs IJA Green (H-60)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close
Emerald vs RLM 83 Dark Green (H-423)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Light Green equivalents · Emerald equivalents