What is the difference between Military Green and Green Zinc Chrom.?

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

Military Green vs Green Zinc Chrom.

Military Green

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09176
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3d4925 (estimate)

Green Zinc Chrom.

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.094
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #495938 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Zinc Chrom. is a little lighter, cooler than Military Green.

Can I use Green Zinc Chrom. instead of Military Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Green Zinc Chrom. is a little lighter, cooler than Military Green.

Can I use Military Green instead of Green Zinc Chrom.?

The same difference applies the other way round: Military Green 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 Military Green on the colour wheel See Green Zinc Chrom. on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Military Green

Military Green vs Uniform Green (70.922)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Zinc Chrom.
Military Green vs Fern Green (70.833)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Military Green vs Medium Olive (70.850)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Reaper paints close to Green Zinc Chrom.

Green Zinc Chrom. vs Muddy Olive (09034)Master Series Paints · ΔE 14, fair
Green Zinc Chrom. vs Olive Drab (09158)Master Series Paints · ΔE 15, fair
Green Zinc Chrom. vs Highland Moss (09083)Master Series Paints · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Military Green equivalents · Green Zinc Chrom. equivalents