Paint Equivalents

Medium Olive (Model Air)

Vallejo · Model Air · 71.092

#535645 · L*35.8 a*-4.6 b*9.5

The closest match to Vallejo Medium Olive (Model Air) in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo Medium Olive is a dark, muted yellow. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Coat d'Arms Olive Drab at ΔE 0.9. 15 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 Vallejo Medium Olive (Model Air)?

Coat d'Arms Olive Drab is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Medium Olive (Model Air) in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Bsc. Nº34 Slate (ΔE 1.3) and Duncan Eidolon Grey (ΔE 1.9).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Medium Olive (Model Air)?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is Bsc. Nº34 Slate, ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

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Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. A Olive Drab World War II Range 508 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. C Dark Earth Military Range 234 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Vallejo → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Bsc. Nº34 Slate AFV AK4033 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Kenttävihrea-olive Green Fs 34096 Real Colors - WWII RC340 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Eidolon Grey Wave 2 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Ashen Grey Wave 2 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Vallejo → Duncan conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Dark Green Raf TC-0119 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Verde Mimetico 3 TC-0224 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Vallejo → Tom Color conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Foundry

  1. B British Denison Green Paint System 98B ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C British Blanco Green Shade Paint System 91A ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Golden

  1. B Sap Green Hue Heavy Body 1461 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Sap Green Hue OPEN Acrylics 7461 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Vallejo → Golden conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Mig

  1. B RLM 71 Dunkelgrün Acrylics AMIG0233 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Gun Metal Acrylics AMIG0045 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Mig conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Olive Drab 41 Mr Paint MRP-139 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B RLM 82 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A075 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Olive Green Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C NATO Olive Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.0 · close

Full Vallejo → Revell conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Schwarzgrun RLM 70 German WWII MMP-088 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Dark Grey RLM 66 German WWII Late War Cockpits, etc MMP-089 ΔE 3.5 · close

Full Vallejo → Mission Models conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Tundra Taupe Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. B Crypt Wraith Warpaints WP1413 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Vallejo → The Army Painter conversion chart

Medium Olive (Model Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Olive Drab Highlight 1 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC01 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Rlm71 Dark Green Mr Color 17 ΔE 3.5 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Medium Olive in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tamiya #4D5641 Olive drab Lacquer Paint ΔE 3.4
Italeri #575C44 Olive Drab Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.4
Monument #54544A Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.8
Scale75 #475139 Toad Green Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.0
Apple Barrel #555F54 Hunter Green Colors ΔE 5.0
P3 #5F6156 Pyg Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.1
Reaper #535A53 Skeleton Key Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 5.1
Citadel #455440 Catachan Green Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.8
FolkArt #414D37 Old Ivy Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.1
Humbrol #585954 Sea Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.3
Green Stuff World #3E4639 Black Green Stone Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 6.4
Arteza #455032 Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.8
Warcolours #494641 Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 8.8
Acrilex #575959 Grafite Paints ΔE 9.1
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.5
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 10.6
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 11.7
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.9

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. A IJA Dark Green Model Air ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Russian Green 4BO Model Air ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  3. A Dark Green Mecha Color ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  4. B Light Green RLM82 Model Air ΔE 2.1 · very close
  5. B A-24M Camouflage Green Model Air ΔE 2.4 · very close
  6. B US Dark Green Model Air ΔE 2.4 · very close

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