What is the difference between Baneblade Brown and Desert Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Desert Brown is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Baneblade Brown vs Desert Brown

Baneblade Brown

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b09068 (estimate)

Desert Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.767
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a07c50 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Brown is a little darker than Baneblade Brown.

Can I use Desert Brown instead of Baneblade Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Desert Brown is a little darker than Baneblade Brown.

Can I use Baneblade Brown instead of Desert Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Baneblade Brown is a little lighter.

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 Baneblade Brown on the colour wheel See Desert Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Baneblade Brown

Baneblade Brown vs Light Brown (71.027)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Desert Brown
Baneblade Brown vs Sand Beige (71.244)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Desert Brown
Baneblade Brown vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Desert Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Desert Brown

Desert Brown vs Baneblade BrownColour: Air · ΔE 8, close
Desert Brown vs Zandri DustColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Desert Brown vs Zandri DustColour: Air · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Baneblade Brown equivalents · Desert Brown equivalents