What is the difference between Oxidation Green and Grey Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Grey Green is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxidation Green vs Grey Green

Oxidation Green

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #34454d (estimate)

Grey Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.866
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #373a3c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grey Green is a little darker, more muted than Oxidation Green.

Can I use Grey Green instead of Oxidation Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Grey Green is a little darker, more muted than Oxidation Green.

Can I use Oxidation Green instead of Grey Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxidation 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 Oxidation Green on the colour wheel See Grey Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxidation Green

Oxidation Green vs Black Green (71.018)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Grey Green
Oxidation Green vs Blue Grey (71.115)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Grey Green
Oxidation Green vs Dark Grey Blue (71.054)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Grey Green

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Grey Green

Grey Green vs Doom Death BlackTriads: shadows · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Oxidation Green
Grey Green vs War Master GreenTriads: shadows · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Oxidation Green
Grey Green vs Field GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Oxidation Green equivalents · Grey Green equivalents