Paint Equivalents

USAF Olive Drab

Vallejo · Model Air · 71.016

#655C49 · L*39.4 a*0.3 b*12.3

The closest match to Vallejo USAF Olive Drab in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo USAF Olive Drab is a dark, muted yellow. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: AK Interactive Amt-1 Light Brown, ΔE 0.7. 17 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 USAF Olive Drab?

AK Interactive Amt-1 Light Brown is the closest equivalent to Vallejo USAF Olive Drab in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Coat d'Arms Horse Tone – Brown (ΔE 2.3) and Italeri Grau RLM 02 (ΔE 2.5).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo USAF Olive Drab?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is Amt-1 Light Brown, ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Vallejo USAF Olive Drab Shop AK Interactive Amt-1 Light Brown Shop AK Interactive Air set

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Amt-1 Light Brown Air AK2247 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. C Hellgrau – Light Grey RAL 7009 (interior Color) Real Colors - WWII RC054 ΔE 3.5 · close

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B Horse Tone – Brown Military Range 235 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Dark Leather World War II Range 534 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Full Vallejo → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Grau RLM 02 Acrylic Paint 4770AP ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. D Military Green Acrylic Paint 4852AP ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Vallejo → Italeri conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Green Mr Paint MRP-400 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Olive Drab Ana 613 Mr Paint MRP-138 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Khaki Brown Ija TC-0103 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Verde Khaki TC-0110 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Vallejo → Tom Color conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Humbrol

  1. B Light Olive Aerosol Sprays S86 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Olive Green Acrylics - Matt 86 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Vallejo → Humbrol conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Foundry

  1. C British Uniform Brown Shade Paint System 100A ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C German Splinter Tan Shade Paint System 85A ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Mission Models

  1. C US Army Khaki Drab FS 34088 MMP-023 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C US Army Olive Drab FS 319 MMP-024 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Vallejo → Mission Models conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Mig

  1. C RAL 7008 Graugrün Acrylics AMIG0005 ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D 7k Russian Tan Acrylics AMIG0021 ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full Vallejo → Mig conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in P3

  1. C Orgoth Bronze Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. C Bane Grey Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Vallejo → P3 conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Butter Pecan Acrylic Colors 939 ΔE 4.5 · close
  2. C Raw Umber Pure™ Artist Pigment 7108 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Vallejo → FolkArt conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. C Brown Fs30219 Mr Color 310 ΔE 4.6 · close
  2. D Smoke Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H95 ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

USAF Olive Drab in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Green Stuff World #665B3B Gengis Khaki Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.7
Revell #565246 NATO Olive Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.2
Citadel #73614D Khemri Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.4
The Army Painter #696242 Prairie Ochre Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.4
Scale75 #6E5A3F Gobi Brown Scale Color Range ΔE 5.6
Golden #5C5B42 Sap Green Hue OPEN Acrylics ΔE 5.6
Reaper #575036 Aged Pewter Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 5.6
Duncan #69655D Death Metal Wave 3 ΔE 6.0
Liquitex #6F685E Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.1
Tamiya #564A3A Linoleum deck brown.jpeg Lacquer Paint ΔE 6.6
Monument #54544A Warm Grey Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.6
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 7.4
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 7.9
Warcolours #767269 Warm Grey 3 Layer paints ΔE 9.4
Creature #654B2D Bronze Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.7
Apple Barrel #766259 Brown Oxide Colors ΔE 9.7
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 12.1
Arteza #455032 Olive Green Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 12.7

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. A Brown Violet RLM81 Model Air ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A US Olive Drab Hobby Paint ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  3. A Dark Mud Panzer Aces ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  4. B Light Olive Model Air ΔE 2.1 · very close
  5. B Russian Tank Crew II Panzer Aces ΔE 2.2 · very close
  6. B Dark Earth Model Air ΔE 3.0 · very close

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