What is the difference between Russet Shadow and Flat Earth?

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

Russet Shadow vs Flat Earth

Russet Shadow

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: Color Punch
Code: AK11277
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5d3a31 (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 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Earth is warmer than Russet Shadow.

Can I use Flat Earth instead of Russet Shadow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Flat Earth is warmer than Russet Shadow.

Can I use Russet Shadow instead of Flat Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Russet Shadow 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 Russet Shadow on the colour wheel See Flat Earth on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Russet Shadow

Russet Shadow vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Earth
Russet Shadow vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Earth
Russet Shadow vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 5, very 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 Russet Shadow
Flat Earth vs Nº5 Earth Brown (FS30099) (AK11336)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 7, close
Flat Earth vs Saddle Brown (AK11104)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Russet Shadow equivalents · Flat Earth equivalents