What is the difference between Sherwood Green and Green Ochre?

ΔE 17 (loose). Green Ochre is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sherwood Green vs Green Ochre

Sherwood Green

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC44
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7f8835 (estimate)

Green Ochre

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.914
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #937b37 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 16.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Green Ochre is more muted, warmer than Sherwood Green.

Can I use Green Ochre instead of Sherwood Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Green Ochre is more muted, warmer than Sherwood Green.

Can I use Sherwood Green instead of Green Ochre?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sherwood Green is more saturated, 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 Sherwood Green on the colour wheel See Green Ochre on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sherwood Green

Sherwood Green vs Dark Yellow (70.978)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Ochre
Sherwood Green vs Dirty Grey (72.145)Game Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Green Ochre
Sherwood Green vs Cayman Green (72.067)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Green Ochre

Other Scale75 paints close to Green Ochre

Green Ochre vs Arabic Shadow (SC22)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sherwood Green
Green Ochre vs Cokum Copper (SFG38)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Sherwood Green
Green Ochre vs Iroko (SC27)Scalecolor · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Sherwood Green

All matches: Sherwood Green equivalents · Green Ochre equivalents