Paint Equivalents

Olive Green

Mr. Hobby · Aqueous Hobby Color · H405

#415D47 · L*36.8 a*-15.5 b*9.4

The closest match to Mr. Hobby Olive Green in every other range, nearest first.

Mr. Hobby Olive Green is a dark, moderately saturated green. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Foundry German Splinter Green at ΔE 1.0. 14 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 Mr. Hobby Olive Green?

Foundry German Splinter Green is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Olive Green in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Golden Dark Green (ΔE 1.1) and Duncan Merald Green (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Olive Green?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Green, ΔE 3.0 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Mr. Hobby Olive Green Shop Foundry German Splinter Green Shop Foundry Paint System set

Olive Green equivalent in Foundry

  1. A German Splinter Green Paint System 84B ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Storm Green Paint System 27B ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Foundry conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Golden

  1. A Dark Green SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6665 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. D Chromium Oxide Green Dark OPEN Acrylics 7061 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Golden conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Merald Green Wave 1 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. D Traitor Green Wave 3 ΔE 8.7 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Duncan conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Dark green (JGSDF).jpeg Lacquer Paint LP-26 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Olive drab 2 Lacquer Paint LP-29 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Tamiya conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Woodland Camo Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Ruinous Spell Warpaints Air ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → The Army Painter conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Military Green World War II Range 503 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Dark Green Brushscape Range 405 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Black Green Game Color 72.090 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Olive Green Wash FX 76.519 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Mr. Hobby → Vallejo conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Field Grey 1 Warfront Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Ss Camo Italian Green Warfront Range ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Scale75 conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Monument

  1. B Black Green Pro Acrylic Paints 057 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Camo Green Pro Acrylic Paints 020 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Monument conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Italeri

  1. C Medium Green I Acrylic Paint 4314AP ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C Russian Armor Green Acrylic Paint 4807AP ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Italeri conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Mig

  1. C Fs 34092 Medium Green Acrylics AMIG0238 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. D Waffen Ss Acrylics AMIG0018 ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full Mr. Hobby → Mig conversion chart

Olive Green equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. C Interior Dark Dull Green Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A080 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Dark Green International FS34108 Mr Paint MRP-438 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Mr. Hobby → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Olive Green in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #476443 Sap Green Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ ΔE 4.3
Tom Color #475643 Extra Dark Sea Green Raf ΔE 4.7
Mission Models #435638 RAF Dark Green ΔE 4.7
Citadel #455440 Catachan Green Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.9
AK Interactive #325736 Deep Green -51- Figures ΔE 5.1
Apple Barrel #2D5241 Mountain Forest Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.1
Revell #4A563E Bronze Green Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.7
P3 #21573B Eldritch Green Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.5
Kimera Kolors #506C48 Oxide Green Expansion Set 1 ΔE 6.8
Humbrol #566441 US Light Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.3
Arteza #455032 Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.6
Acrilex #406434 Verde Musgo Paints ΔE 8.0
Liquitex #254737 Muted Green Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.0
Reaper #3D504A Highland Moss Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 8.3
Creature #2C4D22 Camo Green Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.2
Warcolours #005532 Emerald 5 Layer paints ΔE 9.5
Green Stuff World #034C39 Kraken Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 9.8
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 16.6

Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby

  1. A Dark Green Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Dark Green (2) Mr Color ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  3. B Dark Green (Nakajima) Mr Color ΔE 2.4 · very close
  4. B Dark Green Mr Color ΔE 3.4 · very close
  5. C Dark Green (Kawasaki) Mr Color ΔE 3.7 · close
  6. C Grass Color Mr Color ΔE 4.0 · close

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