What is the difference between Scorched Earth and USA Olive Drab?

ΔE 7 (close). USA Olive Drab is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Scorched Earth vs USA Olive Drab

Scorched Earth

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #514d4a (estimate)

USA Olive Drab

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 70.608
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #555649 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. USA Olive Drab is a little lighter, more saturated than Scorched Earth.

Can I use USA Olive Drab instead of Scorched Earth?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). USA Olive Drab is a little lighter, more saturated than Scorched Earth.

Can I use Scorched Earth instead of USA Olive Drab?

The same difference applies the other way round: Scorched Earth is a little darker, 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 Scorched Earth on the colour wheel See USA Olive Drab on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth vs Khaki Green Num. (71.330)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than USA Olive Drab
Scorched Earth vs US Earth Brown (71.290)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than USA Olive Drab
Scorched Earth vs JGSD Brown (71.297)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than USA Olive Drab

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to USA Olive Drab

USA Olive Drab vs Ashen GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Scorched Earth
USA Olive Drab vs Ranger CloakTriads: midtones · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Scorched Earth
USA Olive Drab vs Eidolon GreyTriads: midtones · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Scorched Earth

All matches: Scorched Earth equivalents · USA Olive Drab equivalents