What is the difference between Fury Green and Light Olive?

ΔE 9 (close). Light Olive is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fury Green vs Light Olive

Fury Green

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6e6b4f (estimate)

Light Olive

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.247
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #595844 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Olive is a little darker, more muted than Fury Green.

Can I use Light Olive instead of Fury Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Light Olive is a little darker, more muted than Fury Green.

Can I use Fury Green instead of Light Olive?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fury Green is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Fury Green on the colour wheel See Light Olive on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fury Green

Fury Green vs Hemp (71.023)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Light Olive
Fury Green vs Camoufl age Grey (71.118)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Olive
Fury Green vs Germ. Beige WWII (70.821)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Olive

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Light Olive

Light Olive vs Eidolon GreyTriads: midtones · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Fury Green
Light Olive vs Ashen GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Fury Green
Light Olive vs Ranger CloakTriads: midtones · ΔE 7, close · closer than Fury Green

All matches: Fury Green equivalents · Light Olive equivalents