What is the difference between Red Tile and Light Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Light Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Tile vs Light Brown

Red Tile

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

Light Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.929
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #975534 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Brown is a little darker, more muted than Red Tile.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Red Tile?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Light Brown is a little darker, more muted than Red Tile.

Can I use Red Tile instead of Light Brown?

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

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 Light 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 Light Brown
Red Tile vs Elf Skin Tone (72.004)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Brown
Red Tile vs Grunge Brown (72.115)Game Color · ΔE 10, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Brown (IONIC-0154)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Tile
Light Brown vs Earth (ATOM-20051)ATOM · ΔE 10, fair
Light Brown vs Old Rust (ATOM-20054)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Red Tile equivalents · Light Brown equivalents