What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Chocolate Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Chocolate Brown

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Chocolate Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.872
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4d3d3e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Our swatches for the two are almost the same.

Can I use Chocolate Brown instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). The swatches are almost the same.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Chocolate Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round.

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

Other Citadel paints close to Chocolate Brown

Chocolate Brown vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Chocolate Brown vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair
Chocolate Brown vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Chocolate Brown equivalents