What is the difference between Field Drab (FS30118) and Flat Earth?

ΔE 9 (close). Flat Earth is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Field Drab (FS30118) vs Flat Earth

Field Drab (FS30118)

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen AFV Series
Code: AK11344
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4f3c1c (estimate)

Flat Earth

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.983
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #583b28 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Earth is warmer than Field Drab (FS30118).

Can I use Flat Earth instead of Field Drab (FS30118)?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flat Earth is warmer than Field Drab (FS30118).

Can I use Field Drab (FS30118) instead of Flat Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Field Drab (FS30118) is 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 Field Drab (FS30118) on the colour wheel See Flat Earth on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Field Drab (FS30118)

Field Drab (FS30118) vs Grey Brown (70.762)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Earth
Field Drab (FS30118) vs English Uniform (70.921)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Flat Earth
Field Drab (FS30118) vs Cam. Middle Brown (70.740)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Flat Earth

Other AK Interactive paints close to Flat Earth

Flat Earth vs Waffen Brown (AK11417)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Field Drab (FS30118)
Flat Earth vs Russet Shadow (AK11277)Color Punch · ΔE 6, close · closer than Field Drab (FS30118)
Flat Earth vs Nº5 Earth Brown (FS30099) (AK11336)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Field Drab (FS30118)

All matches: Field Drab (FS30118) equivalents · Flat Earth equivalents