What is the difference between Catachan Flesh and Brown Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Brown Green is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Catachan Flesh vs Brown Green

Catachan Flesh

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8a5a3a (estimate)

Brown Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.030
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #816443 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Green is more muted, cooler than Catachan Flesh.

Can I use Brown Green instead of Catachan Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Brown Green is more muted, cooler than Catachan Flesh.

Can I use Catachan Flesh instead of Brown Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Catachan Flesh is more saturated, warmer.

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 Catachan Flesh on the colour wheel See Brown Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Catachan Flesh

Catachan Flesh vs Brown Sand (70.876)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown Green
Catachan Flesh vs Mustard Brown (70.769)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown Green
Catachan Flesh vs New Wood (70.770)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown Green

Other Citadel paints close to Brown Green

Brown Green vs Hobgrot HideColour: Base · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Catachan Flesh
Brown Green vs Sylvaneth BarkColour: Dry · ΔE 6, close · closer than Catachan Flesh
Brown Green vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Catachan Flesh equivalents · Brown Green equivalents