What is the difference between Sylvaneth Bark and US Earth Red?

ΔE 9 (close). US Earth Red is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sylvaneth Bark vs US Earth Red

Sylvaneth Bark

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

US Earth Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.293
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6d5549 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Earth Red is more muted than Sylvaneth Bark.

Can I use US Earth Red instead of Sylvaneth Bark?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). US Earth Red is more muted than Sylvaneth Bark.

Can I use Sylvaneth Bark instead of US Earth Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sylvaneth Bark is 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 Sylvaneth Bark on the colour wheel See US Earth Red 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 US Earth Red
Sylvaneth Bark vs Mud Brown (71.037)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than US Earth Red
Sylvaneth Bark vs Golden Brown (71.032)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than US Earth Red

Other Citadel paints close to US Earth Red

US Earth Red vs Steel Legion DrabColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sylvaneth Bark
US Earth Red vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close · closer than Sylvaneth Bark
US Earth Red vs Gorthor BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Sylvaneth Bark equivalents · US Earth Red equivalents