What is the difference between Chipping and Leather Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Leather Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Chipping vs Leather Brown

Chipping

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Dio Drybrush
Code: A.MIG-0618
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5e4232 (estimate)

Leather Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.871
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4b3b33 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Leather Brown is a little darker, more muted than Chipping.

Can I use Leather Brown instead of Chipping?

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

Can I use Chipping instead of Leather Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Chipping is a little lighter, 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 Chipping on the colour wheel See Leather Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Chipping

Chipping vs Flat Earth (70.983)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Chipping vs BC Dark Brown (70.768)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Chipping vs Camou. Pale Brown (71.035)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Leather Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Leather Brown

Leather Brown vs Matt Earth FS-34088 (AMMO.F-507)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chipping
Leather Brown vs Burnt Umber (IONIC-0161)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Chipping
Leather Brown vs Starship Sludge Bay (A.MIG-3532)Oilbrusher · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Chipping equivalents · Leather Brown equivalents