What is the difference between Anthracite Gray and USAF Green?

ΔE 9 (close). USAF Green is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Anthracite Gray vs USAF Green

Anthracite Gray

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC04
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5f5f64 (estimate)

USAF Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.124
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #445455 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. USAF Green is a little darker than Anthracite Gray.

Can I use USAF Green instead of Anthracite Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). USAF Green is a little darker than Anthracite Gray.

Can I use Anthracite Gray instead of USAF Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Anthracite Gray is a little lighter.

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 Anthracite Gray on the colour wheel See USAF Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Anthracite Gray

Anthracite Gray vs London Grey (70.836)Model Color · ΔE 1, very close · closer than USAF Green
Anthracite Gray vs Dark Sea Grey (70.991)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than USAF Green
Anthracite Gray vs Grey Violet RLM75 (71.259)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than USAF Green

Other Scale75 paints close to USAF Green

USAF Green vs Rlyeh Grey (SFG45)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Anthracite Gray
USAF Green vs Despair Green (SFG43)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 9, close
USAF Green vs Graphene Gray (SC58)Scalecolor · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Anthracite Gray equivalents · USAF Green equivalents