Paint Equivalents

Medium Green 42 (Air)

AK Interactive · Air · AK2202

#4B5443 · L*34.5 a*-7.2 b*8.8

The closest match to AK Interactive Medium Green 42 (Air) in every other range, nearest first.

AK Interactive Medium Green 42 is a dark, muted green. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Dark Green FS34096 at ΔE 0.8. 11 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be

This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Medium Green 42 (Air)?

Mr. Paint Dark Green FS34096 is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Medium Green 42 (Air) in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo NATO Green (ΔE 1.0) and Mr. Hobby Olive Drab Highlight 1 (ΔE 1.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Medium Green 42 (Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is NATO Green, ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Dark Green FS34096 Mr Paint MRP-370 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Field Green FS34097 Mr Paint MRP-236 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A NATO Green Surface Primer 70.612 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Light Green RLM82 Model Air 71.022 ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Vallejo conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Olive Drab Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC01 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B RLM81 Brown Violet A Aqueous Hobby Color H421 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Olive drab Lacquer Paint LP-28 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint LP-29 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full AK Interactive → Tamiya conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Army Green World War II Range 521 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Olive Drab World War II Range 508 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B British Denison Green Paint System 98B ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B British Blanco Green Shade Paint System 91A ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Foundry conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Extra Dark Sea Green Raf TC-0116 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B Field Grey Green Shadow TC-0153 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Tom Color conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Catachan Green Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Knarloc Green Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.0 · close

Full AK Interactive → Citadel conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Russian Dark Olive FS 34102 MMP-028 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B US Medium Green FS 34102 MMP-066 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Mission Models conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Olive Green Email Color - Silk ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Bronze Green Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Revell conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Mig

  1. B RLM 71 Dunkelgrün Acrylics AMIG0233 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C US Olive Drab Vietnam Era (fs 24087) Acrylics AMIG0081 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full AK Interactive → Mig conversion chart

Medium Green 42 (Air) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Toad Green Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Merm Green Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 4.7 · close

Full AK Interactive → Scale75 conversion chart

Medium Green 42 in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #414D37 Old Ivy Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.7
Italeri #3E4B39 Flat Green 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.9
The Army Painter #4B4D3E Tundra Taupe Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.1
Duncan #535548 Eidolon Grey Wave 2 ΔE 4.1
Apple Barrel #414932 English Ivy Green Colors ΔE 4.6
Green Stuff World #3E4639 Black Green Stone Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.9
Golden #565640 Sap Green Hue Heavy Body ΔE 4.9
Arteza #455032 Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.3
Reaper #535A53 Skeleton Key Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 5.5
P3 #596453 Mage Hunter Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.6
Monument #54544A Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.0
Humbrol #525D57 Primer Aerosol Sprays ΔE 6.2
Warcolours #494641 Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 10.1
Liquitex #254737 Muted Green Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.3
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 10.3
Kimera Kolors #506C48 Oxide Green Expansion Set 1 ΔE 11.1
Creature #2C4D22 Camo Green Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.6
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 12.8

Nearest colours inside AK Interactive

  1. A Medium Green 42 10ml Real Colors - WWII ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Medium Green 42 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.1 · very close
  3. B RLM 82 10ml Real Colors - WWII ΔE 3.0 · very close
  4. B Rlm 82 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.0 · very close
  5. B RLM 81 Version 2 10ml Real Colors - Air ΔE 3.1 · very close
  6. B Rlm 81 Version 2 Air (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.1 · very close

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