What is the difference between Ashen Grey and NATO Green?

ΔE 9 (close). NATO Green is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ashen Grey vs NATO Green

Ashen Grey

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #58574c (estimate)

NATO Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 70.612
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3e4d3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. NATO Green is a little darker, more saturated than Ashen Grey.

Can I use NATO Green instead of Ashen Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). NATO Green is a little darker, more saturated than Ashen Grey.

Can I use Ashen Grey instead of NATO Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ashen Grey is a little lighter, 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 Ashen Grey on the colour wheel See NATO Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ashen Grey

Ashen Grey vs USA Olive Drab (70.608)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than NATO Green
Ashen Grey vs Brown Violet RLM81 (71.264)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than NATO Green
Ashen Grey vs Brown Grey (71.248)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than NATO Green

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to NATO Green

NATO Green vs Wyvern GreenTriads: shadows · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ashen Grey
NATO Green vs Field GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 7, close · closer than Ashen Grey
NATO Green vs Ranger CloakTriads: midtones · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Ashen Grey equivalents · NATO Green equivalents