What is the difference between Brown and Flat Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Flat Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brown vs Flat Brown

Brown

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20057
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a2d23 (estimate)

Flat Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.984
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #643b3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Brown.

Can I use Flat Brown instead of Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flat Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Brown.

Can I use Brown instead of Flat Brown?

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

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 Flat Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brown

Brown vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Brown
Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Flat Brown
Brown vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Flat Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Flat Brown

Flat Brown vs Coffee Brown (ATOM-20060)ATOM · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown
Flat Brown vs Red Brown (AMMO.F-532)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown
Flat Brown vs Dark Skin (IONIC-0158)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 8, close · closer than Brown

All matches: Brown equivalents · Flat Brown equivalents