2 gallons should be enough paint to paint the tractor. I would use the hardener. It will make the paint perform like the old lead based paint. I don't know which hardener you talking about. Valspar makes a hardener that you would use 8 oz per gallon. If you are going to spray the paint, these hardeners contain isocyanides which can hurt you even if you wear a respirator. The respirator will only reduce the exposure. Use the paint in a well ventilated area and hold your breath when you are downwind from the vapors. If you are going to brush the paint, use the paint without thinning or if needed use mineral spirits. If you are going to spray the paint use naphtha and only barely enough to get it through the gun. I'm not familiar with the JD paint so I can't comment on the durability. As much work as it is to paint a tractor I would use a 2k urethane like Nason Ful-Thane or PPG Concept and save the JD paint for implements.
I don't know how much difference there is between the two greens. I would say to darken it to mix black and maybe green to it. The easiest way to alter the color would be to get quarts of the same type of paint and intermix it. Try it out in teaspoon quantities first to see what the color looks like before altering the paint. If it works get a clean 5 gallon bucket and mix both gallons at once. Be sure you paint a sample to keep. That way for touch up you can have someone computer match some more paint.
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