What is the difference between Screamer Pink and Oxide Brown Medium?

ΔE 16 (loose). Oxide Brown Medium is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Screamer Pink vs Oxide Brown Medium

Screamer Pink

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a2a3a (estimate)

Oxide Brown Medium

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a342c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 16.3, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Oxide Brown Medium is more muted, warmer than Screamer Pink.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Screamer Pink?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 16). Oxide Brown Medium is more muted, warmer than Screamer Pink.

Can I use Screamer Pink instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

The same difference applies the other way round: Screamer Pink 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 Screamer Pink on the colour wheel See Oxide Brown Medium on the colour wheel

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Screamer Pink

Screamer Pink vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Screamer Pink vs Black Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Screamer Pink vs Royal Brown (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Oxide Brown Medium

Other Citadel paints close to Oxide Brown Medium

Oxide Brown Medium vs Rhinox HideColour: Base · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Screamer Pink
Oxide Brown Medium vs Thondia BrownColour: Base · ΔE 10, close · closer than Screamer Pink
Oxide Brown Medium vs Gorthor BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Screamer Pink

All matches: Screamer Pink equivalents · Oxide Brown Medium equivalents