What is the difference between Tainted Garden and Grey Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Grey Brown is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tainted Garden vs Grey Brown

Tainted Garden

Brand: Army Painter
Range: John Blanche Vol. 1-4
Code: Vol. 2
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3e3e26 (estimate)

Grey Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.762
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c4021 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Grey Brown is more saturated, warmer than Tainted Garden.

Can I use Grey Brown instead of Tainted Garden?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Grey Brown is more saturated, warmer than Tainted Garden.

Can I use Tainted Garden instead of Grey Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tainted Garden is more muted, 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 Tainted Garden on the colour wheel See Grey Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Tainted Garden

Tainted Garden vs Dark Green RLM71 (71.015)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Grey Brown
Tainted Garden vs IJA Olive Green (71.286)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Grey Brown
Tainted Garden vs N. (71.316)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Grey Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Grey Brown

Grey Brown vs Mid Battle Dress (WP4054P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Tainted Garden
Grey Brown vs Dark Battle Dress (WP4052P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Tainted Garden
Grey Brown vs Dark Soviet Khaki (WP4123P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Tainted Garden equivalents · Grey Brown equivalents