What is the difference between Shadow Black and Armor Green?

ΔE 16 (loose). Armor Green is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Shadow Black vs Armor Green

Shadow Black

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN00
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #1c1c1a (estimate)

Armor Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.466
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #1b352b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.8, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Armor Green is a little lighter, more saturated than Shadow Black.

Can I use Armor Green instead of Shadow Black?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 16). Armor Green is a little lighter, more saturated than Shadow Black.

Can I use Shadow Black instead of Armor Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Shadow Black 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 Shadow Black on the colour wheel See Armor Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Shadow Black

Shadow Black vs Black Lotus (72.423)Xpress Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Armor Green
Shadow Black vs Hospitallier Black (72.484)Xpress Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Armor Green
Shadow Black vs Greasy Black (72.476)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Armor Green

Other Scale75 paints close to Armor Green

Armor Green vs Basilisk Green (SIN43)Instant Colors · ΔE 8, close · closer than Shadow Black
Armor Green vs Golem Grey (SIN42)Instant Colors · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Shadow Black
Armor Green vs Toad Green (SIN20)Instant Colors · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Shadow Black equivalents · Armor Green equivalents