What is the difference between Olive Drab and Uniform Green?

ΔE 15 (loose). Uniform Green is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Drab vs Uniform Green

Olive Drab

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09158
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #51511b (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 15.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Uniform Green is more muted, cooler than Olive Drab.

Can I use Uniform Green instead of Olive Drab?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 15). Uniform Green is more muted, cooler than Olive Drab.

Can I use Olive Drab instead of Uniform Green?

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 Uniform Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Drab

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

Other Reaper paints close to Uniform Green

Uniform Green vs Military Green (09176)Master Series Paints · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Drab
Uniform Green vs Muddy Olive (09034)Master Series Paints · ΔE 16, loose
Uniform Green vs Forest Green (09013)Master Series Paints · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Olive Drab equivalents · Uniform Green equivalents