What is the difference between Olive Green and Cam. Middle Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Cam. Middle Brown is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Green vs Cam. Middle Brown

Olive Green

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a3629 (estimate)

Cam. Middle Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.740
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #41341f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cam. Middle Brown is more saturated, warmer than Olive Green.

Can I use Cam. Middle Brown instead of Olive Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Cam. Middle Brown is more saturated, warmer than Olive Green.

Can I use Olive Green instead of Cam. Middle Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Green is more muted, 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 Olive Green on the colour wheel See Cam. Middle Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Green

Olive Green vs Russ. AF Dark Green (71.347)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown
Olive Green vs Military Green (70.975)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown
Olive Green vs Olive Grey (70.888)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Cam. Middle Brown

Cam. Middle Brown vs Earth Green (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Olive Green
Cam. Middle Brown vs Burnt Sienna Umber (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close
Cam. Middle Brown vs Raw Umber (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Olive Green equivalents · Cam. Middle Brown equivalents