What is the difference between Ardennes Green and Green Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Green Yellow is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ardennes Green vs Green Yellow

Ardennes Green

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC45
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f6242 (estimate)

Green Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.881
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #64653f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Yellow is warmer than Ardennes Green.

Can I use Green Yellow instead of Ardennes Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Green Yellow is warmer than Ardennes Green.

Can I use Ardennes Green instead of Green Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ardennes Green is cooler.

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 Ardennes Green on the colour wheel See Green Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ardennes Green

Ardennes Green vs Light Green Chrom. (71.006)Model Air · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Green Yellow
Ardennes Green vs Green Zinc Chrom. (71.094)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow
Ardennes Green vs Intermediate Green (70.891)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Yellow

Other Scale75 paints close to Green Yellow

Green Yellow vs Gobi Brown (SC12)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Ardennes Green
Green Yellow vs Merm Green (SFG20)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 11, fair
Green Yellow vs Light Moss Green (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Ardennes Green equivalents · Green Yellow equivalents