What is the difference between Dark Wood and New Wood?

ΔE 6 (close). New Wood is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Wood vs New Wood

Dark Wood

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20050
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #694e32 (estimate)

New Wood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.770
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7a5639 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. New Wood is a little lighter, warmer than Dark Wood.

Can I use New Wood instead of Dark Wood?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). New Wood is a little lighter, warmer than Dark Wood.

Can I use Dark Wood instead of New Wood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Wood is a little darker, 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 Dark Wood on the colour wheel See New Wood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Wood

Dark Wood vs Golden Brown (71.032)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than New Wood
Dark Wood vs English Uniform (70.921)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than New Wood
Dark Wood vs BC Dark Brown (70.768)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than New Wood

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to New Wood

New Wood vs Burnt Sand (AMMO.F-551)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Wood
New Wood vs Graveyard Earth (IONIC-0148)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Wood
New Wood vs Earth (ATOM-20051)ATOM · ΔE 6, close

All matches: Dark Wood equivalents · New Wood equivalents