What is the difference between Burnt Offering and Gorgon Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Gorgon Brown is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Burnt Offering vs Gorgon Brown

Burnt Offering

Brand: Bear Cavalry
Range: Bear Cavalry Paints
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e4c48 (estimate)

Gorgon Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.124
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #904638 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Gorgon Brown is more saturated, warmer than Burnt Offering.

Can I use Gorgon Brown instead of Burnt Offering?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Gorgon Brown is more saturated, warmer than Burnt Offering.

Can I use Burnt Offering instead of Gorgon Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Burnt Offering 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 Burnt Offering on the colour wheel See Gorgon Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Burnt Offering

Burnt Offering vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Gorgon Brown
Burnt Offering vs Red Leather (70.818)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Gorgon Brown
Burnt Offering vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Bear Cavalry paints close to Gorgon Brown

Gorgon Brown vs Rust in PeaceBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 7, close · closer than Burnt Offering
Gorgon Brown vs Black Rose ImmortalBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 16, loose
Gorgon Brown vs Battle of MarathonBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Burnt Offering equivalents · Gorgon Brown equivalents