What is the difference between Toad Green and Orc Skin?

ΔE 23 (loose). Orc Skin is a little lighter, much more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Toad Green vs Orc Skin

Toad Green

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

Orc Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.415
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #4a6c31 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 22.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Orc Skin is a little lighter, much more saturated than Toad Green.

Can I use Orc Skin instead of Toad Green?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 23). Orc Skin is a little lighter, much more saturated than Toad Green.

Can I use Toad Green instead of Orc Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Toad Green is a little darker, much 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 Toad Green on the colour wheel See Orc Skin 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 Orc Skin
Toad Green vs Camouflage Green (72.467)Xpress Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Orc Skin
Toad Green vs Rotten Flesh (72.452)Xpress Color · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Orc Skin

Other Scale75 paints close to Orc Skin

Orc Skin vs Zucchini Skin (SIN10)Instant Colors · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Toad Green
Orc Skin vs Belladonna Green (SIN22)Instant Colors · ΔE 27, loose
Orc Skin vs Elixir Green (SIN28)Instant Colors · ΔE 28, loose

All matches: Toad Green equivalents · Orc Skin equivalents