What is the difference between Deep Khaki Drill and Khaki Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Khaki Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Deep Khaki Drill vs Khaki Brown

Deep Khaki Drill

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4134P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #907754 (estimate)

Khaki Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.024
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #826e54 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Khaki Brown is a little darker, more muted than Deep Khaki Drill.

Can I use Khaki Brown instead of Deep Khaki Drill?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Khaki Brown is a little darker, more muted than Deep Khaki Drill.

Can I use Deep Khaki Drill instead of Khaki Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Deep Khaki Drill 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 Deep Khaki Drill on the colour wheel See Khaki Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Deep Khaki Drill

Deep Khaki Drill vs Middle Stone (71.031)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Khaki Brown
Deep Khaki Drill vs Sand Yellow RLM79 (71.278)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Khaki Brown
Deep Khaki Drill vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Khaki Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Khaki Brown

Khaki Brown vs Mocca SkinWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 6, close · closer than Deep Khaki Drill
Khaki Brown vs Dusty SkullWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, close
Khaki Brown vs Paratrooper TanWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Deep Khaki Drill equivalents · Khaki Brown equivalents