What is the difference between Camo Brown and Brown RLM26?

ΔE 7 (close). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Camo Brown vs Brown RLM26

Camo Brown

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4040P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6b3127 (estimate)

Brown RLM26

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.105
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b3634 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, cooler than Camo Brown.

Can I use Brown RLM26 instead of Camo Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, cooler than Camo Brown.

Can I use Camo Brown instead of Brown RLM26?

The same difference applies the other way round: Camo Brown is a little darker, warmer.

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 Camo Brown on the colour wheel See Brown RLM26 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Camo Brown

Camo Brown vs Fire Red (71.084)Model Air · ΔE 7, close
Camo Brown vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 8, close
Camo Brown vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Brown RLM26

Brown RLM26 vs Fur BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close
Brown RLM26 vs Basilisk RedWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, close
Brown RLM26 vs Crusted SoreWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Camo Brown equivalents · Brown RLM26 equivalents