What is the difference between Swamp Green and Yellow Olive?

ΔE 9 (close). Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Swamp Green vs Yellow Olive

Swamp Green

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09175
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2a2719 (estimate)

Yellow Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.892
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #2d332d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more muted than Swamp Green.

Can I use Yellow Olive instead of Swamp Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Yellow Olive is a little lighter, more muted than Swamp Green.

Can I use Swamp Green instead of Yellow Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Swamp Green is a little darker, 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 Swamp Green on the colour wheel See Yellow Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Swamp Green

Swamp Green vs Extra Dark Green (70.896)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Yellow Olive
Swamp Green vs Bronze Green (70.897)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Olive
Swamp Green vs Cam. Olive Green (70.894)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Olive

Other Reaper paints close to Yellow Olive

Yellow Olive vs Jungle Moss (09082)Master Series Paints · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Swamp Green
Yellow Olive vs Grey Liner (09065)Master Series Paints · ΔE 8, close · closer than Swamp Green
Yellow Olive vs Stormcover Grey (09172)Master Series Paints · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Swamp Green equivalents · Yellow Olive equivalents