Canvas is a dark moderate brown with a warm undertone. It builds a smooth gradient with Yellow Olive underneath and Flat Green on the highlights, all in the Vallejo line. Canvas is a little less common: the closest same-finish match, AK Interactive Camouflage Green, reaches 88 percent, and 1 other brand carries a strong same-finish alternative. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Canvas equivalents in other ranges
1 of the 9 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Vallejo Canvas, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest AK Interactive equivalent: AK Interactive Camouflage Green, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.4).
- Best P3 Paints option: P3 Paints Thornwood Green, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.7).
- From Green Stuff World: Green Stuff World Olive-Brown Ops, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 6.0).
- Revell's closest color: Revell N.A.T.O. Olive/N.A.T.O.-Oliv (RAL 7013), a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 6.0).
- Nearest in the The Army Painter catalog: The Army Painter Bootstrap Brown, only a loose relative (delta E 8.0).
- Best Humbrol option: Humbrol Khaki Drab, only a loose relative (delta E 8.2).
The honest caveat: AK Interactive Camouflage Green dries slightly cooler than Canvas, so expect recess shading and edge highlights to shift with it.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
AK Interactive
P3 Paints
Green Stuff World
Revell
The Army Painter
Humbrol
Monument Pro Acryl
Two Thin Coats
Citadel
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Pairs well with
Try any paint in the scheme toolMatch difficulty
Found in 1 other brand with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Canvas?
The closest same-finish match is AK Interactive Camouflage Green at 88% color similarity.
What color is Canvas?
Canvas is a dark moderate brown with a warm undertone (hex #4D3E1F).
What do I highlight and shade Canvas with?
Highlight Canvas toward Flat Green and shade it down into Yellow Olive, both Vallejo paints in the same finish family.