What is the difference between Mocca Skin and Pale Brown?

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

Mocca Skin vs Pale Brown

Mocca Skin

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #896b5a (estimate)

Pale Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.825
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #937a6e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Mocca Skin.

Can I use Pale Brown instead of Mocca Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Pale Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Mocca Skin.

Can I use Mocca Skin instead of Pale Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mocca Skin is a little darker, 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 Mocca Skin on the colour wheel See Pale Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mocca Skin

Mocca Skin vs German Dark Yellow (70.604)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Brown
Mocca Skin vs Tan Earth (70.874)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Brown
Mocca Skin vs USAF Brown (71.125)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Pale Brown

Pale Brown vs Paratrooper TanWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Mocca Skin
Pale Brown vs Paratrooper Tan (WP4027P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Mocca Skin
Pale Brown vs Monster BrownWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Mocca Skin

All matches: Mocca Skin equivalents · Pale Brown equivalents