What is the difference between Ashroot and US Earth Red?

ΔE 9 (close). US Earth Red is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ashroot vs US Earth Red

Ashroot

Brand: Army Painter
Range: John Blanche Vol. 1-4
Code: Vol. 3
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5c433f (estimate)

US Earth Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.293
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6d5549 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Earth Red is a little lighter, warmer than Ashroot.

Can I use US Earth Red instead of Ashroot?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). US Earth Red is a little lighter, warmer than Ashroot.

Can I use Ashroot instead of US Earth Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ashroot is a little darker, 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 Ashroot on the colour wheel See US Earth Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ashroot

Ashroot vs Rust (71.080)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than US Earth Red
Ashroot vs Medium Brown (70.826)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than US Earth Red
Ashroot vs NATO Brown (71.249)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than US Earth Red

Other Army Painter paints close to US Earth Red

US Earth Red vs Ammo Pouch Brown (WP4130P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ashroot
US Earth Red vs Onyx SkinWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ashroot
US Earth Red vs Cypress BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Ashroot

All matches: Ashroot equivalents · US Earth Red equivalents