What is the difference between Military Green and Medium Olive?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Olive is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Military Green vs Medium Olive

Military Green

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

Medium Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.850
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #364931 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Olive is more muted, cooler than Military Green.

Can I use Medium Olive instead of Military Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Olive is more muted, cooler than Military Green.

Can I use Military Green instead of Medium Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Military Green is more saturated, 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 Medium Olive 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 Medium Olive
Military Green vs Green Zinc Chrom. (71.094)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Olive
Military Green vs Fern Green (70.833)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Olive

Other Reaper paints close to Medium Olive

Medium Olive vs Jungle Moss (09082)Master Series Paints · ΔE 12, fair
Medium Olive vs Highland Moss (09083)Master Series Paints · ΔE 12, fair
Medium Olive vs Forest Green (09013)Master Series Paints · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Military Green equivalents · Medium Olive equivalents