What is the difference between Kawa Brown and Beige Red?

ΔE 7 (close). Beige Red is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Kawa Brown vs Beige Red

Kawa Brown

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4163P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a16038 (estimate)

Beige Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.804
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a76548 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Beige Red is more muted, cooler than Kawa Brown.

Can I use Beige Red instead of Kawa Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Beige Red is more muted, cooler than Kawa Brown.

Can I use Kawa Brown instead of Beige Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Kawa Brown is 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 Kawa Brown on the colour wheel See Beige Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Kawa Brown

Kawa Brown vs Orange Brown (70.981)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Beige Red
Kawa Brown vs Light Brown (70.929)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Beige Red
Kawa Brown vs Wood (71.077)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Beige Red

Beige Red vs Viper BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Kawa Brown
Beige Red vs Bullwhack BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close
Beige Red vs Desert Skin (WP4151P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Kawa Brown equivalents · Beige Red equivalents