What is the difference between Averland Sunset and Plague Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Plague Brown is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Averland Sunset vs Plague Brown

Averland Sunset

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f0a81c (estimate)

Plague Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.039
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e0ab24 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Brown is more muted than Averland Sunset.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Averland Sunset?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Plague Brown is more muted than Averland Sunset.

Can I use Averland Sunset instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Averland Sunset is 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 Averland Sunset on the colour wheel See Plague Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Averland Sunset

Averland Sunset vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Plague Brown
Averland Sunset vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Plague Brown
Averland Sunset vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Plague Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Golden GriffonColour: Dry · ΔE 7, close · closer than Averland Sunset
Plague Brown vs Zamesi DesertColour: Layer · ΔE 9, close · closer than Averland Sunset
Plague Brown vs Averland SunsetColour: Base · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Averland Sunset equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents