What is the difference between Rhinox Hide and Red Brown?

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

Rhinox Hide vs Red Brown

Rhinox Hide

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

Red Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-41
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. Red Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Rhinox Hide.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Rhinox Hide?

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

Can I use Rhinox Hide instead of Red 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 Red 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 Red Brown
Rhinox Hide vs Brown 3606 (C-517)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Red Brown
Rhinox Hide vs Lederbraun (C-520)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Red Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Red Brown

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

All matches: Rhinox Hide equivalents · Red Brown equivalents