What is the difference between Olive Green and IJN Black Green?

ΔE 9 (close). IJN Black Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Green vs IJN Black Green

Olive Green

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

IJN Black Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.322
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #364238 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJN Black Green is a little lighter, cooler than Olive Green.

Can I use IJN Black Green instead of Olive Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). IJN Black Green is a little lighter, cooler than Olive Green.

Can I use Olive Green instead of IJN Black Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Green is a little 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 Olive Green on the colour wheel See IJN Black Green 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 IJN Black Green
Olive Green vs Military Green (70.975)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IJN Black Green
Olive Green vs Olive Grey (70.888)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than IJN Black Green

Other Scale75 paints close to IJN Black Green

IJN Black Green vs Riff Green (SFG18)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Green
IJN Black Green vs Petroleum Gray (SC57)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Olive Green
IJN Black Green vs Despair Green (SFG43)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Olive Green equivalents · IJN Black Green equivalents