What is the difference between Russian Green (4BO) and Uniform Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Uniform Green is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Russian Green (4BO) vs Uniform Green

Russian Green (4BO)

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-511
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #445a30 (estimate)

Uniform Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.922
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3d4f2f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Uniform Green is a little darker, more muted than Russian Green (4BO).

Can I use Uniform Green instead of Russian Green (4BO)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Uniform Green is a little darker, more muted than Russian Green (4BO).

Can I use Russian Green (4BO) instead of Uniform Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Russian Green (4BO) is a little lighter, 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 Russian Green (4BO) on the colour wheel See Uniform Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Russian Green (4BO)

Russian Green (4BO) vs Olive Green (70.967)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Uniform Green
Russian Green (4BO) vs Green Zinc Chrom. (71.094)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Uniform Green
Russian Green (4BO) vs Fern Green (70.833)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Uniform Green

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Uniform Green

Uniform Green vs RLM 80 Olive Green (H-420)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Russian Green (4BO)
Uniform Green vs Russian Green (4BO) (H-511)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close
Uniform Green vs Dark Green Kawasaki (C-130)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Russian Green (4BO) equivalents · Uniform Green equivalents