What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and BS Dark Earth?

ΔE 9 (close). BS Dark Earth is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs BS Dark Earth

Skavenblight Dinge

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4a4438 (estimate)

BS Dark Earth

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.323
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5f513d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. BS Dark Earth is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use BS Dark Earth instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). BS Dark Earth is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of BS Dark Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is a little darker, more muted, 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 BS Dark Earth on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Skavenblight Dinge

Skavenblight Dinge vs German Tank Crew (70.759)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than BS Dark Earth
Skavenblight Dinge vs US Olive Drab (71.043)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than BS Dark Earth
Skavenblight Dinge vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than BS Dark Earth

Other Citadel paints close to BS Dark Earth

BS Dark Earth vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
BS Dark Earth vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
BS Dark Earth vs Death Korps DrabColour: Base · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · BS Dark Earth equivalents