What is the difference between Hobgrot Hide and Cork Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Cork Brown is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Hobgrot Hide vs Cork Brown

Hobgrot Hide

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

Cork Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.843
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #94694d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cork Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Hobgrot Hide.

Can I use Cork Brown instead of Hobgrot Hide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Cork Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Hobgrot Hide.

Can I use Hobgrot Hide instead of Cork Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Hobgrot Hide is a little darker, cooler.

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 Cork Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Hobgrot Hide

Hobgrot Hide vs Golden Brown (71.032)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Cork Brown
Hobgrot Hide vs New Wood (70.770)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cork Brown
Hobgrot Hide vs USA Flat Brown (71.026)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cork Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Cork Brown

Cork Brown vs Catachan FleshColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Hobgrot Hide
Cork Brown vs Sylvaneth BarkColour: Dry · ΔE 9, close
Cork Brown vs Bugman's GlowColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Hobgrot Hide equivalents · Cork Brown equivalents