What is the difference between Leather and Black Red?

ΔE 8 (close). Black Red is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Leather vs Black Red

Leather

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20058
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #46201c (estimate)

Black Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.859
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #48282c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Black Red is more muted, cooler than Leather.

✓ AMMO ATOM user guide chart lists these two as equivalents.

Can I use Black Red instead of Leather?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Black Red is more muted, cooler than Leather.

Can I use Leather instead of Black Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Leather is 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 Leather on the colour wheel See Black Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Leather

Leather vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Leather vs German Red Brown (70.605)Model Air · ΔE 10, close
Leather vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 10, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Black Red

Black Red vs Black Brown (IONIC-0160)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Leather
Black Red vs NATO Brown (ATOM-20061)ATOM · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Leather
Black Red vs Dark Brown (A.MIG-3512)Oilbrusher · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Leather

All matches: Leather equivalents · Black Red equivalents