What is the difference between Rhinox Hide and Brown 3606?

ΔE 8 (close). Brown 3606 is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Rhinox Hide vs Brown 3606

Rhinox Hide

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a2a22 (estimate)

Brown 3606

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-517
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #413026 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown 3606 is more muted, warmer than Rhinox Hide.

Can I use Brown 3606 instead of Rhinox Hide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Brown 3606 is more muted, warmer than Rhinox Hide.

Can I use Rhinox Hide instead of Brown 3606?

The same difference applies the other way round: Rhinox Hide is more saturated, 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 Rhinox Hide on the colour wheel See Brown 3606 on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Rhinox Hide

Rhinox Hide vs Red Brown (C-131)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Brown 3606
Rhinox Hide vs Lederbraun (C-520)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Rhinox Hide vs Red Brown (C-41)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Citadel paints close to Brown 3606

Brown 3606 vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Brown 3606 vs Dryad BarkColour: Base · ΔE 10, fair
Brown 3606 vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Rhinox Hide equivalents · Brown 3606 equivalents