What is the difference between Dot44 Brown Base and Camou. Pale Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Camou. Pale Brown is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dot44 Brown Base vs Camou. Pale Brown

Dot44 Brown Base

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11408
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4b402f (estimate)

Camou. Pale Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.035
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5f4c3f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Camou. Pale Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Dot44 Brown Base.

Can I use Camou. Pale Brown instead of Dot44 Brown Base?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Camou. Pale Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Dot44 Brown Base.

Can I use Dot44 Brown Base instead of Camou. Pale Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dot44 Brown Base is a little darker, cooler.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Dot44 Brown Base on the colour wheel See Camou. Pale Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dot44 Brown Base

Dot44 Brown Base vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Camou. Pale Brown
Dot44 Brown Base vs Dark Green RLM71 (71.015)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Camou. Pale Brown
Dot44 Brown Base vs IJA Olive Green (71.286)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Camou. Pale Brown

Other AK Interactive paints close to Camou. Pale Brown

Camou. Pale Brown vs IJA #31 Cha Kasshoku (Tea Colour) (AK11906)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dot44 Brown Base
Camou. Pale Brown vs RLM 81 Version 3 (AK11837)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dot44 Brown Base
Camou. Pale Brown vs Grey-Brown (AK11125)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Dot44 Brown Base equivalents · Camou. Pale Brown equivalents