What is the difference between Olive Drab (USAF) and Interior Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Interior Green is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Olive Drab (USAF) vs Interior Green

Olive Drab (USAF)

Brand: Tamiya
Range: AS Spray (aircraft)
Code: AS-6
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #525f41 (estimate)

Interior Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.010
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #56553b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Interior Green is warmer than Olive Drab (USAF).

Can I use Interior Green instead of Olive Drab (USAF)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Interior Green is warmer than Olive Drab (USAF).

Can I use Olive Drab (USAF) instead of Interior Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Olive Drab (USAF) is 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 Olive Drab (USAF) on the colour wheel See Interior Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Olive Drab (USAF)

Olive Drab (USAF) vs Light Green Chrom. (71.006)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Interior Green
Olive Drab (USAF) vs Green Zinc Chrom. (71.094)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Interior Green
Olive Drab (USAF) vs US Light Green (71.137)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Interior Green

Other Tamiya paints close to Interior Green

Interior Green vs Dark Green (AS-9)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Olive Drab (USAF)
Interior Green vs Olive Drab (XF-62)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 7, close
Interior Green vs Olive Drab (TS-5)TS Spray · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Olive Drab (USAF) equivalents · Interior Green equivalents