What is the difference between Rawhide Brown and New Wood?

ΔE 10 (close). New Wood is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Rawhide Brown vs New Wood

Rawhide Brown

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a4020 (estimate)

New Wood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.770
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7a5639 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. New Wood is a little lighter, more muted than Rawhide Brown.

Can I use New Wood instead of Rawhide Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). New Wood is a little lighter, more muted than Rawhide Brown.

Can I use Rawhide Brown instead of New Wood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Rawhide Brown 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 Rawhide Brown on the colour wheel See New Wood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Rawhide Brown

Rawhide Brown vs Light Rust (71.129)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair
Rawhide Brown vs Flat Earth (70.983)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Rawhide Brown vs Golden Brown (71.032)Model Air · ΔE 12, fair

Other Army Painter paints close to New Wood

New Wood vs Leather BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Rawhide Brown
New Wood vs Cypress BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Rawhide Brown
New Wood vs Leather BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, close · closer than Rawhide Brown

All matches: Rawhide Brown equivalents · New Wood equivalents