What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and JGSD Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). JGSD Brown is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs JGSD Brown

Skavenblight Dinge

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

JGSD Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.297
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a5550 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. JGSD Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use JGSD Brown instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). JGSD Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of JGSD Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skavenblight Dinge is a little darker, 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 JGSD 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 JGSD Brown
Skavenblight Dinge vs US Olive Drab (71.043)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than JGSD Brown
Skavenblight Dinge vs Cam. Med. Brown (71.038)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than JGSD Brown

Other Citadel paints close to JGSD Brown

JGSD Brown vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 6, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
JGSD Brown vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
JGSD Brown vs DawnstoneColour: Layer · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · JGSD Brown equivalents