Paints › Bear Cavalry › Hell Bent for Leather › vs JGSD BrownHell Bent for Leather vs JGSD Brown
Brand Bear Cavalry Range Bear Cavalry Paints Type an opaque base/layer paint Swatch #575853 (estimate)
Brand Vallejo Range Model Air Code 71.297 Type an opaque base/layer paint Swatch #5a5550 (estimate) How close are they?
ΔE 2.7, very close: most people won’t see a difference side by side. Our swatches for the two are almost the same.
Can I use JGSD Brown instead of Hell Bent for Leather? Yes, for most jobs. Very close match (ΔE 3). The swatches are almost the same.
Can I use Hell Bent for Leather instead of JGSD Brown? The same difference applies the other way round.
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 Hell Bent for Leather on the colour wheel See JGSD Brown on the colour wheel
Other Vallejo paints close to Hell Bent for Leather Other Bear Cavalry paints close to JGSD Brown All matches: Hell Bent for Leather equivalents · JGSD Brown equivalents
© 2026 AK Tabletop Studio. Swatch colours are estimates and will differ from the real paints; cross-brand matches are close, never exact.
Chart-listed matches come from the Two Thin Coats Paint Comparison Chart 2024, the Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic conversion chart, the AK 3rd Generation Acrylics equivalence table (2021) and the Herrick Games hobby paint comparison chart; the rest are a nearest-colour calculation.
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