What is the difference between Skrag Brown and Beasty Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Beasty Brown is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skrag Brown vs Beasty Brown

Skrag Brown

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a8501a (estimate)

Beasty Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.043
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b66724 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Beasty Brown is a little lighter than Skrag Brown.

Can I use Beasty Brown instead of Skrag Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Beasty Brown is a little lighter than Skrag Brown.

Can I use Skrag Brown instead of Beasty Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skrag Brown is a little darker.

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 Skrag Brown on the colour wheel See Beasty Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Skrag Brown

Skrag Brown vs Orange Rust (71.130)Model Air · ΔE 10, close · closer than Beasty Brown
Skrag Brown vs Grunge Brown (72.115)Game Color · ΔE 10, fair
Skrag Brown vs Bronze Brown (72.036)Game Color · ΔE 15, fair

Other Citadel paints close to Beasty Brown

Beasty Brown vs T'au Light OchreColour: Layer · ΔE 14, fair
Beasty Brown vs Balor BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 15, fair
Beasty Brown vs Deathclaw BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Skrag Brown equivalents · Beasty Brown equivalents