Olive Green
Humbrol · Humbrol Acrylics - Matt · 86
#6F5F3E · L*41.1 a*1.4 b*21.3
The closest match to Humbrol Olive Green in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Olive Green is a dark, moderately saturated orange. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mig 7k Russian Tan at ΔE 0.5. 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 Olive Green?
Mig 7k Russian Tan is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Olive Green in any other range, at ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Khaki (ΔE 0.9) and Mr. Paint 4bo - 1947 Russian Green (ΔE 1.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Olive Green?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Khaki, ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Humbrol Olive Green Shop Mig 7k Russian Tan Shop Mig Acrylics set
Olive Green equivalent in Mig
- A 7k Russian Tan Acrylics AMIG0021 ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
- C Khaki Green Nº3 (british 1939-42) Acrylics AMIG0113 ΔE 4.1 · close
Olive Green equivalent in Vallejo
- A Khaki Model Color 70.988 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- B IJA Khaki Brown Model Air 71.287 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Olive Green equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A 4bo - 1947 Russian Green Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A035 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Olive Drab Ana 613 Mr Paint MRP-138 ΔE 4.8 · close
Olive Green equivalent in Revell
- B Olive Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Earth Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.3 · similar
Olive Green equivalent in Tom Color
- B Woodbrown Médio TC-0220 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Olive Drab 41 TC-0167 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Olive Green equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Idf Sand Grey 1970s-1980s Real Colors - AFV RC095 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Grey-brown Standard (3rd Gen) AK11125 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Olive Green equivalent in FolkArt
- B Glam Gold Multi-Surface Glitter Acrylics 2958 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Butter Pecan Acrylic Colors 939 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Olive Green equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Gengis Khaki Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Dark Beige Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.8 · close
Olive Green equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Earth Green Mr Color 132 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Khaki Aqueous Hobby Color H81 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Olive Green equivalent in Duncan
- B Ancient Gold Wave 3 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Dust Bowl Wave 1 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Olive Green equivalent in P3
- B Orgoth Bronze Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Copper Pipe Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Olive Green equivalent in Citadel
- B Aggaros Dunes Contrast ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Khemri Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.6 · similar
Olive Green in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Models | #786749 | Graugrun Khakibrun RAL 7008 | ΔE 3.4 |
| Foundry | #74644B | Bronze Barrel Shade Paint System | ΔE 3.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #7A6844 | British Khaki World War II Range | ΔE 3.6 |
| Scale75 | #6E5A3F | Gobi Brown Scale Color Range | ΔE 3.7 |
| Italeri | #725B3C | Field Drab Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.7 |
| Tamiya | #715A3D | Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 4.2 |
| The Army Painter | #696242 | Prairie Ochre Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 4.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #665B28 | Kiwi Brown Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 6.0 |
| Reaper | #7A592E | Rich Leather Master Series Paints Bones | ΔE 6.7 |
| Monument | #805F3E | Flameon Caramel Brown Pro Signature Series | ΔE 7.4 |
| Liquitex | #816C33 | Bronze Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.8 |
| Golden | #5C5B42 | Sap Green Hue OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 8.0 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #866E56 | Territorial Beige Colors | ΔE 8.8 |
| Arteza | #865F43 | Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 10.4 |
| Acrilex | #6A6F46 | Verde Oliva Paints | ΔE 10.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 11.3 |
| Warcolours | #767269 | Warm Grey 3 Layer paints | ΔE 12.0 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- B Light Olive Aerosol Sprays ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt ΔE 9.1 · similar
- E Matt Olive Drab Acrylics - Matt ΔE 10.0 · far
- E Olive Drab Aerosol Sprays - Matt ΔE 11.4 · far
- E Grass Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 11.6 · far
- E Ocean Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 11.6 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot