What is the difference between Olive Drab 2314 and Cam. Olive Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Cam. Olive Green is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Drab 2314 vs Cam. Olive Green

Olive Drab 2314

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-518
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #312e1e (estimate)

Cam. Olive Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.894
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #30332b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cam. Olive Green is more muted than Olive Drab 2314.

Can I use Cam. Olive Green instead of Olive Drab 2314?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Cam. Olive Green is more muted than Olive Drab 2314.

Can I use Olive Drab 2314 instead of Cam. Olive Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Drab 2314 is more saturated.

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 2314 on the colour wheel See Cam. Olive Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Drab 2314

Olive Drab 2314 vs Olive Grey (70.888)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Cam. Olive Green
Olive Drab 2314 vs Military Green (70.975)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cam. Olive Green
Olive Drab 2314 vs Canvas (70.763)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Cam. Olive Green

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Cam. Olive Green

Cam. Olive Green vs Dark Green BS641 (C-361)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olive Drab 2314
Cam. Olive Green vs RLM 71 Dark Green (H-64)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Olive Drab 2314
Cam. Olive Green vs Dark Green 3414 (C-516)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Olive Drab 2314

All matches: Olive Drab 2314 equivalents · Cam. Olive Green equivalents