What is the difference between Chipping and Medium Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Medium Brown is a little darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Chipping vs Medium Brown

Chipping

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

Medium Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.826
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c3c36 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Brown is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Chipping.

Can I use Medium Brown instead of Chipping?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Medium Brown is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Chipping.

Can I use Chipping instead of Medium Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Chipping is a little lighter, 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 Chipping on the colour wheel See Medium 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 Medium Brown
Chipping vs BC Dark Brown (70.768)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Brown
Chipping vs Camou. Pale Brown (71.035)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Medium Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Medium Brown

Medium Brown vs Matt Earth FS-34088 (AMMO.F-507)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chipping
Medium Brown vs Burnt Umber (IONIC-0161)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 7, close · closer than Chipping
Medium Brown vs Starship Sludge Bay (A.MIG-3532)Oilbrusher · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Chipping equivalents · Medium Brown equivalents