What is the difference between Wyvern Green and Tire Black?

ΔE 7 (close). Tire Black is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wyvern Green vs Tire Black

Wyvern Green

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #394840 (estimate)

Tire Black

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.315
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #393e3d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Tire Black is a little darker, more muted than Wyvern Green.

Can I use Tire Black instead of Wyvern Green?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Tire Black is a little darker, more muted than Wyvern Green.

Can I use Wyvern Green instead of Tire Black?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wyvern 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 Wyvern Green on the colour wheel See Tire Black on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Wyvern Green

Wyvern Green vs German Uniform (70.920)Model Color · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Tire Black
Wyvern Green vs IJA Midouri Green (71.134)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Tire Black
Wyvern Green vs IJN Black Green (71.322)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Tire Black

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Tire Black

Tire Black vs War Master GreenTriads: shadows · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Wyvern Green
Tire Black vs Doom Death BlackTriads: shadows · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Wyvern Green
Tire Black vs Field GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 7, close · closer than Wyvern Green

All matches: Wyvern Green equivalents · Tire Black equivalents