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Standard RLM Number 26 Name Brown Swatch #7b3634 (estimate, from Vallejo Brown RLM26) RLM numbers are the German Air Ministry colours used on Luftwaffe aircraft. Paint makers each mix their own version of a standard colour, and faded or weathered vehicles vary a lot, so expect some difference between brands.
Paints labelled RLM 26 Vallejo names these paints for RLM 26.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint RLM 26: the nearest swatch to Vallejo Brown RLM26. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Bloodreaver Flesh Colour: Layer · ΔE 8, close Army Painter Camo Brown (WP4040P) Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close Pro Acryl Dark Flesh (068) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 10, fair AK Interactive Shadow Flesh (AK11404) 3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 6, very close Two Thin Coats Asmodeus Red Triads: midtones · ΔE 8, close Reaper Terracotta (09170) Master Series Paints · ΔE 3, very close Formula P3 Amethyst Rose (93211) Formula P3 · ΔE 10, fair Kimera Kolors Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments) Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close Golden Violet Oxide (PR101) Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close Nocturna Models Chestnut Brown (NA42) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 11, fair Bear Cavalry Burnt Offering Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 9, close Scale75 Red Leather (SC30) Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close Tamiya Brown (X-9) X Gloss Acrylic · ΔE 3, very close Mr. Hobby Russet (H-33) Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close AMMO by Mig Umber Brown (ATOM-20055) ATOM · ΔE 4, very close Green Stuff World Redwood Brown (1832) Acrylic Colors · ΔE 18, loose All RAL, RLM and FS colours
© 2026 AK Tabletop Studio. Swatch colours are estimates and will differ from the real paints; cross-brand matches are close, never exact.
Chart-listed matches come from the Two Thin Coats Paint Comparison Chart 2024, the Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic conversion chart, the AK 3rd Generation Acrylics equivalence table (2021) and the Herrick Games hobby paint comparison chart; the rest are a nearest-colour calculation.
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