What is the difference between Petroleum Gray and BS Dark Green?

ΔE 7 (close). BS Dark Green is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Petroleum Gray vs BS Dark Green

Petroleum Gray

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC57
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #303531 (estimate)

BS Dark Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.324
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #393d2f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. BS Dark Green is a little lighter, more saturated than Petroleum Gray.

Can I use BS Dark Green instead of Petroleum Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). BS Dark Green is a little lighter, more saturated than Petroleum Gray.

Can I use Petroleum Gray instead of BS Dark Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Petroleum Gray is a little darker, more muted.

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 Petroleum Gray on the colour wheel See BS Dark Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Petroleum Gray

Petroleum Gray vs Yellow Olive (70.892)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than BS Dark Green
Petroleum Gray vs UK Bronze Green (70.607)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than BS Dark Green
Petroleum Gray vs Cam. Olive Green (70.894)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than BS Dark Green

Other Scale75 paints close to BS Dark Green

BS Dark Green vs Olive Green (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Petroleum Gray
BS Dark Green vs Riff Green (SFG18)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 8, close
BS Dark Green vs Raw Umber (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Petroleum Gray equivalents · BS Dark Green equivalents