What is the difference between Olive Drab and Green Zinc Chrom.?

ΔE 15 (fair). Green Zinc Chrom. is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Drab vs Green Zinc Chrom.

Olive Drab

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09158
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #51511b (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 14.7, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Green Zinc Chrom. is more muted, cooler than Olive Drab.

Can I use Green Zinc Chrom. instead of Olive Drab?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 15). Green Zinc Chrom. is more muted, cooler than Olive Drab.

Can I use Olive Drab instead of Green Zinc Chrom.?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Drab

Olive Drab vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Green Zinc Chrom.
Olive Drab vs Green Brown (70.879)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Green Zinc Chrom.
Olive Drab vs Earth Green (Early) (70.611)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Green Zinc Chrom.

Other Reaper paints close to Green Zinc Chrom.

Green Zinc Chrom. vs Military Green (09176)Master Series Paints · ΔE 7, close · closer than Olive Drab
Green Zinc Chrom. vs Muddy Olive (09034)Master Series Paints · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Olive Drab
Green Zinc Chrom. vs Highland Moss (09083)Master Series Paints · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Olive Drab equivalents · Green Zinc Chrom. equivalents