What is the difference between Brown and Light Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Light Brown is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brown vs Light Brown

Brown

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0154
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8b4720 (estimate)

Light Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.929
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #975534 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Brown.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Light Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Brown.

Can I use Brown instead of Light Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Brown is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Brown on the colour wheel See Light Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brown

Brown vs Bronze Brown (72.036)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Brown
Brown vs Orange Brown (70.981)Model Color · ΔE 10, close
Brown vs Dark Flesh Tone (72.044)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Red Tile (A.MIG-3525)Oilbrusher · ΔE 9, close
Light Brown vs Earth (ATOM-20051)ATOM · ΔE 10, fair
Light Brown vs Old Rust (ATOM-20054)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Brown equivalents · Light Brown equivalents