What is the difference between Green-Brown and Earth?

ΔE 6 (close). Earth is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Green-Brown vs Earth

Green-Brown

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11126
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9d752c (estimate)

Earth

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.062
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a07135 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Earth is warmer than Green-Brown.

Can I use Earth instead of Green-Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Earth is warmer than Green-Brown.

Can I use Green-Brown instead of Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green-Brown 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 Green-Brown on the colour wheel See Earth on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green-Brown

Green-Brown vs Orange Ochre (70.824)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Earth
Green-Brown vs Japan. Unif. WWII (70.923)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Green-Brown vs Desert Yellow (70.977)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Earth

Earth vs Nº6 Earth Yellow (FS30257) (AK11337)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green-Brown
Earth vs Desert Uniform Base (AK11440)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 6, close · closer than Green-Brown
Earth vs RAF Middle Stone (AK11846)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Green-Brown equivalents · Earth equivalents