What is the difference between Platinum Crown and Beetle Green?

ΔE 26 (loose). Beetle Green is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Platinum Crown vs Beetle Green

Platinum Crown

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Metallics
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #f3e8cd (estimate)

Beetle Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: True Metallic Metal
Code: 77.113 Light
Type: a metallic
Swatch: #9aceb6 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 26.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Beetle Green is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler than Platinum Crown.

Can I use Beetle Green instead of Platinum Crown?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 26). Beetle Green is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler than Platinum Crown.

Can I use Platinum Crown instead of Beetle Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Platinum Crown is noticeably lighter, 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 Platinum Crown on the colour wheel See Beetle Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Platinum Crown

Platinum Crown vs Bright Brass (Met.) (71.067)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Beetle Green
Platinum Crown vs Gold (Metallic) (71.066)Model Air · ΔE 10, close · closer than Beetle Green
Platinum Crown vs Copper (Metallic) (71.068)Model Air · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Beetle Green

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Beetle Green

Beetle Green vs Omega BlueMetallics · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Platinum Crown
Beetle Green vs Mythril BladeMetallics · ΔE 22, loose · closer than Platinum Crown
Beetle Green vs Blue SteelMetallics · ΔE 28, loose

All matches: Platinum Crown equivalents · Beetle Green equivalents