What is the difference between Red Leather and Flat Earth?

ΔE 9 (close). Flat Earth is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Leather vs Flat Earth

Red Leather

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-552
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #653625 (estimate)

Flat Earth

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.983
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #583b28 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Earth is more muted, warmer than Red Leather.

Can I use Flat Earth instead of Red Leather?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flat Earth is more muted, warmer than Red Leather.

Can I use Red Leather instead of Flat Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Leather is more saturated, 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 Red Leather on the colour wheel See Flat Earth on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Leather

Red Leather vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Flat Earth
Red Leather vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair
Red Leather vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Flat Earth

Flat Earth vs Chipping (A.MIG-0618)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Red Leather
Flat Earth vs Burnt Umber (IONIC-0161)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Leather
Flat Earth vs Dark Skin (IONIC-0158)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, close · closer than Red Leather

All matches: Red Leather equivalents · Flat Earth equivalents