What is the difference between Red Tile and Grunge Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Grunge Brown is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Tile vs Grunge Brown

Red Tile

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Oilbrusher
Code: A.MIG-3525
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ab5836 (estimate)

Grunge Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.115
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bf5835 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grunge Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Red Tile.

Can I use Grunge Brown instead of Red Tile?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Grunge Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Red Tile.

Can I use Red Tile instead of Grunge Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Tile is a little darker, more muted.

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 Tile on the colour wheel See Grunge Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Tile

Red Tile vs Orange Brown (70.981)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Grunge Brown
Red Tile vs Elf Skin Tone (72.004)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Grunge Brown
Red Tile vs Light Brown (70.929)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Grunge Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Grunge Brown

Grunge Brown vs Red Primer (A.MIG-3511)Oilbrusher · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Red Tile
Grunge Brown vs Mushroom Brown (IONIC-0151)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 11, fair
Grunge Brown vs Leather Brown (A.MIG-0651)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Red Tile equivalents · Grunge Brown equivalents