Mordant Earth vs Bronze

Mordant Earth

Brand
Citadel / Warhammer
Range
Colour: Technical
Type
a technical paint or medium
Swatch
#4a3828 (estimate)

Bronze

Brand
Vallejo
Range
Model Color
Code
70.998
Type
a metallic
Swatch
#45341f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 3.8, very close: most people won’t see a difference side by side. Bronze is cooler than Mordant Earth. They are different kinds of paint: Citadel Mordant Earth is a technical paint or medium and Vallejo Bronze is a metallic, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use Bronze instead of Mordant Earth?

Yes, for most jobs. Very close match (ΔE 4). Bronze is cooler than Mordant Earth. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Mordant Earth instead of Bronze?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mordant Earth is warmer.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under 2 is a perfect match (you’d struggle to tell them apart), under 6 very close, under 10 close, under 15 fair, under 20 loose, under 30 very loose, and 30 or more a poor match. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Mordant Earth on the colour wheel See Bronze on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mordant Earth

Other Citadel paints close to Bronze

All matches: Mordant Earth equivalents · Bronze equivalents

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