What is the difference between Ancient Forest and Old Wood?

ΔE 8 (close). Old Wood is a little lighter, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ancient Forest vs Old Wood

Ancient Forest

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #695b52 (estimate)

Old Wood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.761
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #736651 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Old Wood is a little lighter, more saturated, cooler than Ancient Forest.

Can I use Old Wood instead of Ancient Forest?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Old Wood is a little lighter, more saturated, cooler than Ancient Forest.

Can I use Ancient Forest instead of Old Wood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ancient Forest is a little darker, 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 Ancient Forest on the colour wheel See Old Wood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ancient Forest

Ancient Forest vs US Earth Red (71.293)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Old Wood
Ancient Forest vs IJA Earth Brown (71.136)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Old Wood
Ancient Forest vs JGSD Brown (71.297)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Old Wood

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Old Wood

Old Wood vs Dust BowlTriads: shadows · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ancient Forest
Old Wood vs Fury GreenTriads: shadows · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Ancient Forest
Old Wood vs Wasteland BrownTriads: highlights · ΔE 7, close · closer than Ancient Forest

All matches: Ancient Forest equivalents · Old Wood equivalents