What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Charcoal?

ΔE 8 (close). Charcoal is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Charcoal

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Charcoal

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.155
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #484142 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Charcoal is more muted than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Charcoal instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Charcoal is more muted than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Charcoal?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is more saturated.

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 Charcoal 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 Charcoal
Skavenblight Dinge vs US Olive Drab (71.043)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Charcoal
Skavenblight Dinge vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Charcoal

Other Citadel paints close to Charcoal

Charcoal vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Charcoal vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Charcoal vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Charcoal equivalents