What is the difference between Satchel Brown and Wasteland Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Wasteland Brown is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Satchel Brown vs Wasteland Brown

Satchel Brown

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #5a3224 (estimate)

Wasteland Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.420
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #4a3222 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Wasteland Brown is more muted, warmer than Satchel Brown.

Can I use Wasteland Brown instead of Satchel Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Wasteland Brown is more muted, warmer than Satchel Brown.

Can I use Satchel Brown instead of Wasteland Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Satchel Brown is more saturated, cooler.

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 Satchel Brown on the colour wheel See Wasteland Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Satchel Brown

Satchel Brown vs Tanned Skin (72.471)Xpress Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Wasteland Brown
Satchel Brown vs Dwarf Skin (72.402)Xpress Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Wasteland Brown
Satchel Brown vs Military Yellow (72.453)Xpress Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Wasteland Brown

Wasteland Brown vs Dark WoodSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 7, close · closer than Satchel Brown
Wasteland Brown vs Noble SkinSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 13, fair
Wasteland Brown vs Burnished RedSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Satchel Brown equivalents · Wasteland Brown equivalents