What is the difference between Sylvaneth Bark and Brown Green?

ΔE 6 (close). Brown Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sylvaneth Bark vs Brown Green

Sylvaneth Bark

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Dry
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7a5a42 (estimate)

Brown Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.030
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #816443 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Green is a little lighter, cooler than Sylvaneth Bark.

Can I use Brown Green instead of Sylvaneth Bark?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Brown Green is a little lighter, cooler than Sylvaneth Bark.

Can I use Sylvaneth Bark instead of Brown Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sylvaneth Bark is a little darker, warmer.

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 Sylvaneth Bark on the colour wheel See Brown Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sylvaneth Bark

Sylvaneth Bark vs USA Flat Brown (71.026)Model Air · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Brown Green
Sylvaneth Bark vs Mud Brown (71.037)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Brown Green
Sylvaneth Bark vs Golden Brown (71.032)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Brown Green

Other Citadel paints close to Brown Green

Brown Green vs Hobgrot HideColour: Base · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Sylvaneth Bark
Brown Green vs Catachan FleshColour: Base · ΔE 10, close
Brown Green vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Sylvaneth Bark equivalents · Brown Green equivalents