What is the difference between Olive Drab 1 and Green Yellow?

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

Olive Drab 1 vs Green Yellow

Olive Drab 1

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-12
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 Olive Drab 1.

Can I use Green Yellow instead of Olive Drab 1?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Green Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Olive Drab 1.

Can I use Olive Drab 1 instead of Green Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Drab 1 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 Olive Drab 1 on the colour wheel See Green Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Drab 1

Olive Drab 1 vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow
Olive Drab 1 vs Khaki (70.988)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow
Olive Drab 1 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 Earth Green (C-132)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close
Green Yellow vs Khaki (H-81)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close
Green Yellow vs Zinc-Chromate Type I FS34151 (C-351)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Olive Drab 1 equivalents · Green Yellow equivalents