What is the difference between Steel Legion Drab and Medium Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Steel Legion Drab vs Medium Brown

Steel Legion Drab

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a4a3a (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 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Brown is a little darker, more muted than Steel Legion Drab.

Can I use Medium Brown instead of Steel Legion Drab?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Brown is a little darker, more muted than Steel Legion Drab.

Can I use Steel Legion Drab instead of Medium Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Steel Legion Drab 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 Steel Legion Drab on the colour wheel See Medium Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Steel Legion Drab

Steel Legion Drab vs Camou. Pale Brown (71.035)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Brown
Steel Legion Drab vs US Field Drab (71.139)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Brown
Steel Legion Drab vs IJA Khaki Brown (71.287)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Medium Brown

Medium Brown vs Skavenblight DingeColour: Layer · ΔE 6, close · closer than Steel Legion Drab
Medium Brown vs Eshin GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Medium Brown vs Rhinox HideColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Steel Legion Drab equivalents · Medium Brown equivalents