What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Brown 3606?

ΔE 10 (close). Brown 3606 is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Brown 3606

Skavenblight Dinge

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a4438 (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 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown 3606 is a little darker, warmer than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Brown 3606 instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Brown 3606 is a little darker, warmer than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Brown 3606?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is a little lighter, 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 Skavenblight Dinge on the colour wheel See Brown 3606 on the colour wheel

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Skavenblight Dinge

Skavenblight Dinge vs Olive Drab FS34087 (C-304)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown 3606
Skavenblight Dinge vs Olive Drab FS34087 (H-304)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown 3606
Skavenblight Dinge vs Dark Earth (C-22)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown 3606

Other Citadel paints close to Brown 3606

Brown 3606 vs Rhinox HideColour: Base · ΔE 8, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Brown 3606 vs Dryad BarkColour: Base · ΔE 10, fair
Brown 3606 vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Brown 3606 equivalents