What is the difference between Skavenblight Dinge and Tire Black?

ΔE 9 (close). Tire Black is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skavenblight Dinge vs Tire Black

Skavenblight Dinge

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

Tire Black

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.315
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #393e3d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Tire Black is a little darker, more muted than Skavenblight Dinge.

Can I use Tire Black instead of Skavenblight Dinge?

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

Can I use Skavenblight Dinge instead of Tire Black?

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

Other Citadel paints close to Tire Black

Tire Black vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Base · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Tire Black vs Mechanicus Standard GreyColour: Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge
Tire Black vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 6, close · closer than Skavenblight Dinge

All matches: Skavenblight Dinge equivalents · Tire Black equivalents