What is the difference between Dawnstone and Brown FS30219?

ΔE 10 (close). Brown FS30219 is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dawnstone vs Brown FS30219

Dawnstone

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a6e6a (estimate)

Brown FS30219

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-310
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6b5f53 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown FS30219 is a little darker, more saturated than Dawnstone.

Can I use Brown FS30219 instead of Dawnstone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Brown FS30219 is a little darker, more saturated than Dawnstone.

Can I use Dawnstone instead of Brown FS30219?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dawnstone is a little lighter, more muted.

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 Dawnstone on the colour wheel See Brown FS30219 on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Dawnstone

Dawnstone vs IJN Hull Color/Sasebo (C-602)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown FS30219
Dawnstone vs JMSDF 2704 Gray N5 (C-607)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown FS30219
Dawnstone vs Dark Gray 2 (H-83)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown FS30219

Other Citadel paints close to Brown FS30219

Brown FS30219 vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dawnstone
Brown FS30219 vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dawnstone
Brown FS30219 vs DawnstoneColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Dawnstone equivalents · Brown FS30219 equivalents