What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Medium Brown?

ΔE 6 (close). Medium Brown is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Medium Brown

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Medium Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.826
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c3c36 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Brown is warmer than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Medium Brown instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Medium Brown is warmer than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Medium Brown?

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

Other Citadel paints close to Medium Brown

Medium Brown vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 8, close
Medium Brown vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Medium Brown vs Rhinox HideColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Medium Brown equivalents