What is the difference between Toad Green and Forest Green?

ΔE 17 (loose). Forest Green is much more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Toad Green vs Forest Green

Toad Green

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN20
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #465138 (estimate)

Forest Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.465
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #1d512d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 17.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Forest Green is much more saturated, cooler than Toad Green.

Can I use Forest Green instead of Toad Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Forest Green is much more saturated, cooler than Toad Green.

Can I use Toad Green instead of Forest Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Toad Green is much more muted, 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 Toad Green on the colour wheel See Forest Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Toad Green

Toad Green vs Plague Green (72.419)Xpress Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Forest Green
Toad Green vs Camouflage Green (72.467)Xpress Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Forest Green
Toad Green vs Rotten Flesh (72.452)Xpress Color · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Forest Green

Other Scale75 paints close to Forest Green

Forest Green vs Zucchini Skin (SIN10)Instant Colors · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Toad Green
Forest Green vs Elixir Green (SIN28)Instant Colors · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Toad Green
Forest Green vs Basilisk Green (SIN43)Instant Colors · ΔE 28, loose

All matches: Toad Green equivalents · Forest Green equivalents