Light Olive
Humbrol · Humbrol Aerosol Sprays · S86
#665C40 · L*39.3 a*-0.6 b*17.6
The closest match to Humbrol Light Olive in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Light Olive is a dark, muted yellow. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Coat d'Arms Horse Tone – Brown at ΔE 1.1. 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
What is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Light Olive?
Coat d'Arms Horse Tone – Brown is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Light Olive in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Italeri Grau RLM 02 (ΔE 1.1) and Mig RAL 7008 Graugrün (ΔE 1.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Light Olive?
The nearest Vallejo paint is AMT-4 Camouflage Green, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Humbrol Light Olive Shop Coat d'Arms Horse Tone – Brown Shop Coat d'Arms Military Range set
Light Olive equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- A Horse Tone – Brown Military Range 235 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- C Dark Leather World War II Range 534 ΔE 3.9 · close
Light Olive equivalent in Italeri
- A Grau RLM 02 Acrylic Paint 4770AP ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- C Military Green Acrylic Paint 4852AP ΔE 4.3 · close
Light Olive equivalent in Mig
- A RAL 7008 Graugrün Acrylics AMIG0005 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- C 7k Russian Tan Acrylics AMIG0021 ΔE 3.6 · close
Light Olive equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Gengis Khaki Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- D Dark Beige Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.9 · similar
Light Olive equivalent in Foundry
- A British Uniform Brown Shade Paint System 100A ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C British Equipment Canvas Shade Paint System 90A ΔE 4.4 · close
Light Olive equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Olive Drab Ana 613 Mr Paint MRP-138 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B 4bo - 1947 Russian Green Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A035 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Light Olive equivalent in Vallejo
- A AMT-4 Camouflage Green Model Air 71.301 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- A Interior Green Model Air 71.010 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Light Olive equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Olive Drab High Lights AFV AK136 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Grau – Gray RAL 7027 Real Colors - WWII RC058 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Light Olive equivalent in P3
- B Orgoth Bronze Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Thornwood Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Light Olive equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Prairie Ochre Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Tainted Gold Metallic Colours Paint Set ΔE 4.4 · close
Light Olive equivalent in FolkArt
- B Butter Pecan Acrylic Colors 939 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Glam Gold Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics 2958 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Light Olive equivalent in Tom Color
- B Verde Khaki TC-0110 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C FS 34088 TC-0017 ΔE 3.7 · close
Light Olive in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Models | #69634B | US Army Khaki Drab FS 34088 | ΔE 3.3 |
| Citadel | #706542 | Aggaros Dunes Contrast | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #685932 | Earth Green Mr Color | ΔE 3.9 |
| Scale75 | #585135 | Olive Green Artist Range | ΔE 4.4 |
| Reaper | #575036 | Aged Pewter Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.6 |
| Revell | #756544 | Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.7 |
| Golden | #5C5B42 | Sap Green Hue OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 4.8 |
| Duncan | #776742 | Ancient Gold Wave 3 | ΔE 5.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #665B28 | Kiwi Brown Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 6.4 |
| Tamiya | #715A3D | Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 6.4 |
| Liquitex | #6F685E | Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.7 |
| Monument | #54544A | Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 8.8 |
| Acrilex | #52483B | Sépia Paints | ΔE 9.1 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #866E56 | Territorial Beige Colors | ΔE 11.1 |
| Warcolours | #767269 | Warm Grey 3 Layer paints | ΔE 11.4 |
| Arteza | #455032 | Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 11.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 13.5 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- B Olive Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt ΔE 8.4 · similar
- D Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt ΔE 9.2 · similar
- E Grass Green Aerosol Sprays ΔE 10.5 · far
- E Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 10.5 · far
- E Ocean Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 10.6 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot