What is the difference between Light Moss Green and Pale Green?

ΔE 19 (loose). Pale Green is noticeably lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Moss Green vs Pale Green

Light Moss Green

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #445223 (estimate)

Pale Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.095
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #638050 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Pale Green is noticeably lighter, cooler than Light Moss Green.

Can I use Pale Green instead of Light Moss Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Pale Green is noticeably lighter, cooler than Light Moss Green.

Can I use Light Moss Green instead of Pale Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Moss Green is noticeably darker, 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 Light Moss Green on the colour wheel See Pale Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Moss Green

Light Moss Green vs Olive Green (70.967)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Pale Green
Light Moss Green vs Uniform Green (70.922)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Pale Green
Light Moss Green vs Green Zinc Chrom. (71.094)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Pale Green

Other Scale75 paints close to Pale Green

Pale Green vs Ardennes Green (SC45)Scalecolor · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Light Moss Green
Pale Green vs Gobi Brown (SC12)Scalecolor · ΔE 20, loose
Pale Green vs Slimer Green (SFG23)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Light Moss Green equivalents · Pale Green equivalents