What is the difference between Oak Brown and Oxide Brown Dark?

ΔE 8 (close). Oxide Brown Dark is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oak Brown vs Oxide Brown Dark

Oak Brown

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3a2a28 (estimate)

Oxide Brown Dark

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4e322e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Oxide Brown Dark is a little lighter, more saturated than Oak Brown.

Can I use Oxide Brown Dark instead of Oak Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Oxide Brown Dark is a little lighter, more saturated than Oak Brown.

Can I use Oak Brown instead of Oxide Brown Dark?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oak Brown is a little darker, more muted.

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 Oak Brown on the colour wheel See Oxide Brown Dark on the colour wheel

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Oak Brown

Oak Brown vs Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Dark
Oak Brown vs Darkness (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 6, close · closer than Oxide Brown Dark
Oak Brown vs Deep Rusto (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Oxide Brown Dark

Other Army Painter paints close to Oxide Brown Dark

Oxide Brown Dark vs Bootstrap BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Oak Brown
Oxide Brown Dark vs Werewolf FurWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Oak Brown
Oxide Brown Dark vs Tree AncientWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Oak Brown

All matches: Oak Brown equivalents · Oxide Brown Dark equivalents