What is the difference between Crusted Sore and Brown RLM26?

ΔE 10 (close). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Crusted Sore vs Brown RLM26

Crusted Sore

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #712836 (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 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, warmer than Crusted Sore.

Can I use Brown RLM26 instead of Crusted Sore?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, warmer than Crusted Sore.

Can I use Crusted Sore instead of Brown RLM26?

The same difference applies the other way round: Crusted Sore 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 Crusted Sore on the colour wheel See Brown RLM26 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Crusted Sore

Crusted Sore vs Red (70.926)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown RLM26
Crusted Sore vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Brown RLM26
Crusted Sore vs Burnt Red (70.814)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Brown RLM26

Other Army Painter paints close to Brown RLM26

Brown RLM26 vs Camo Brown (WP4040P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Crusted Sore
Brown RLM26 vs Fur BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close · closer than Crusted Sore
Brown RLM26 vs Basilisk RedWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Crusted Sore equivalents · Brown RLM26 equivalents