Olive Drab
Humbrol · Humbrol Aerosol Sprays - Matt · S155
#4C4E26 · L*32.1 a*-7.6 b*23.3
The closest match to Humbrol Olive Drab in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Olive Drab is a dark, moderately saturated yellow. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Russian Green 4bo at ΔE 0.5. 18 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 Olive Drab?
AK Interactive Russian Green 4bo is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Olive Drab in any other range, at ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Ss Camo Medium Green (ΔE 1.0) and Mig 4bo Russian Green (ΔE 1.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Olive Drab?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Plague Green, ΔE 3.0 — a very close substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Humbrol Olive Drab Shop AK Interactive Russian Green 4bo Shop AK Interactive AFV (3rd Gen) set
Olive Drab equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Russian Green 4bo AFV (3rd Gen) AK11368 ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
- A Light Green Nº5 AFV AK4214 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Olive Drab equivalent in Scale75
- A Ss Camo Medium Green Warfront Range ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
- C Russian Green Warfront Range ΔE 5.0 · close
Olive Drab equivalent in Mig
- A 4bo Russian Green Acrylics AMIG0019 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
- A Russian Dark Base Acrylics AMIG0931 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Olive Drab equivalent in Tom Color
- B 4bo Green TC-0146 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Forest Green TC-0222 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Olive Drab equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Muddy Green Brushscape Range 406 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Russian Green World War II Range 530 ΔE 7.1 · similar
Olive Drab equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Soviet Protective Green KHV-518 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A038 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Olive Green Bs220 Mr Paint MRP-376 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Olive Drab equivalent in Vallejo
- B Plague Green Xpress Color 72.419 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Uniform Green Model Color 70.922 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Olive Drab equivalent in FolkArt
- C Pure Gold Metallics 660 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Forest Moss Acrylic Colors 527 ΔE 4.7 · close
Olive Drab equivalent in Reaper
- C Military Green Master Series Paints Core Colors 9176 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Rotting Wood Master Series Paints Core Colors 9313 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Olive Drab equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Khaki Acrysion N81 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C RLM80 Olive Green A Aqueous Hobby Color H420 ΔE 4.8 · close
Olive Drab equivalent in Mission Models
- C US Army Olive Drab FS 33070 MMP-026 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D IDF Green MMP-128 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Olive Drab equivalent in Tamiya
- C Olive drab Acrylics Mini Flat XF-62 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Olive drab 2 Spray TS-28 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Olive Drab in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Stuff World | #3B4312 | Gangrene Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.1 |
| Foundry | #555B39 | Soviet Equipment Green Paint System | ΔE 5.1 |
| The Army Painter | #575235 | Tainted Gold Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 5.1 |
| Arteza | #455032 | Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.1 |
| Citadel | #584E2D | Steel Legion Drab Air | ΔE 6.1 |
| Revell | #4F543D | Olive Green Email Color - Silk | ΔE 6.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #414932 | English Ivy Green Colors | ΔE 6.5 |
| Warcolours | #3F4900 | Olive 5 Layer paints | ΔE 6.8 |
| Golden | #565640 | Sap Green Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 6.8 |
| Italeri | #585138 | Military Green Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #665B28 | Kiwi Brown Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 7.9 |
| Liquitex | #413915 | Green Gold Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.0 |
| P3 | #5E4E14 | Battle Dress Green Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.6 |
| Creature | #2C4D22 | Camo Green Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.9 |
| Duncan | #535548 | Eidolon Grey Wave 2 | ΔE 10.1 |
| Monument | #365337 | Camo Green Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 10.6 |
| Acrilex | #406434 | Verde Musgo Paints | ΔE 11.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 19.9 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- B Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt ΔE 2.4 · very close
- D US Light Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 8.7 · similar
- D Light Olive Aerosol Sprays ΔE 9.2 · similar
- E Olive Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 11.4 · far
- E Grass Green Aerosol Sprays ΔE 11.7 · far
- E Brunswick Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 11.9 · far
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