What is the difference between Cockpit Green (IJN) and Cement Grey?

ΔE 8 (close). Cement Grey is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cockpit Green (IJN) vs Cement Grey

Cockpit Green (IJN)

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-71
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #76947a (estimate)

Cement Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.045
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #828e7b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cement Grey is more muted, warmer than Cockpit Green (IJN).

Can I use Cement Grey instead of Cockpit Green (IJN)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Cement Grey is more muted, warmer than Cockpit Green (IJN).

Can I use Cockpit Green (IJN) instead of Cement Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cockpit Green (IJN) 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 Cockpit Green (IJN) on the colour wheel See Cement Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cockpit Green (IJN)

Cockpit Green (IJN) vs Interior Grey Green (71.305)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cement Grey
Cockpit Green (IJN) vs IDF/IAF Green (71.126)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Cement Grey
Cockpit Green (IJN) vs Sky Type S (71.302)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Tamiya paints close to Cement Grey

Cement Grey vs Light Gray (IJN) (AS-2)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 11, fair
Cement Grey vs Flat Green (XF-5)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 11, fair
Cement Grey vs Dark Green 2 (XF-89)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Cockpit Green (IJN) equivalents · Cement Grey equivalents