What is the difference between Pale Earth and Brown Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Brown Green is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pale Earth vs Brown Green

Pale Earth

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-547
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #726145 (estimate)

Brown Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.030
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #816443 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Green is more saturated, warmer than Pale Earth.

Can I use Brown Green instead of Pale Earth?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Brown Green is more saturated, warmer than Pale Earth.

Can I use Pale Earth instead of Brown Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pale Earth is more muted, 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 Pale Earth on the colour wheel See Brown Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pale Earth

Pale Earth vs Ger. Yellow Brown (71.272)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Brown Green
Pale Earth vs US Field Drab (70.873)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Brown Green
Pale Earth vs Germ. Green Brown (70.606)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Brown Green

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Brown Green

Brown Green vs Light Brown (AMMO.F-531)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Pale Earth
Brown Green vs Burnt Sand (AMMO.F-551)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close
Brown Green vs Graveyard Earth (IONIC-0148)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Pale Earth equivalents · Brown Green equivalents