What is the difference between Hobgrot Hide and Wood Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Wood Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Hobgrot Hide vs Wood Brown

Hobgrot Hide

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7a5a3a (estimate)

Wood Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-37
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #664b34 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Wood Brown is a little darker, more muted than Hobgrot Hide.

Can I use Wood Brown instead of Hobgrot Hide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Wood Brown is a little darker, more muted than Hobgrot Hide.

Can I use Hobgrot Hide instead of Wood Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Hobgrot Hide is a little lighter, 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 Hobgrot Hide on the colour wheel See Wood Brown on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Hobgrot Hide

Hobgrot Hide vs Wood Brown (C-43)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close
Hobgrot Hide vs Wood Brown (N-37)Acrysion · ΔE 9, close
Hobgrot Hide vs Brown (C-526)Mr. Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Citadel paints close to Wood Brown

Wood Brown vs Gorthor BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Hobgrot Hide
Wood Brown vs Sylvaneth BarkColour: Dry · ΔE 7, close · closer than Hobgrot Hide
Wood Brown vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Hobgrot Hide

All matches: Hobgrot Hide equivalents · Wood Brown equivalents