What is the difference between Fire Lizard and Plague Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Plague Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fire Lizard vs Plague Brown

Fire Lizard

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e49d0e (estimate)

Plague Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.039
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e0ab24 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Fire Lizard.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Fire Lizard?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Plague Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Fire Lizard.

Can I use Fire Lizard instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fire Lizard is a little darker, more saturated, 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 Fire Lizard on the colour wheel See Plague Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fire Lizard

Fire Lizard vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Plague Brown
Fire Lizard vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Plague Brown
Fire Lizard vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Plague Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Fiendish YellowWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, close
Plague Brown vs Meteor RockWarpaints Air · ΔE 11, fair
Plague Brown vs Inner LightWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Fire Lizard equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents