What is the difference between Rhinox Hide and Chocolate Brown?

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

Rhinox Hide vs Chocolate Brown

Rhinox Hide

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

Chocolate Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-406
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #513236 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chocolate Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Rhinox Hide.

Can I use Chocolate Brown instead of Rhinox Hide?

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

Can I use Rhinox Hide instead of Chocolate Brown?

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

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 Chocolate Brown 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 Chocolate Brown
Rhinox Hide vs Brown 3606 (C-517)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Rhinox Hide vs Lederbraun (C-520)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Chocolate Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Chocolate Brown

Chocolate Brown vs Screamer PinkColour: Base · ΔE 16, loose
Chocolate Brown vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 16, loose
Chocolate Brown vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Rhinox Hide equivalents · Chocolate Brown equivalents