What is the difference between Red Oxide and Brown RLM26?

ΔE 13 (fair). Brown RLM26 is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Oxide vs Brown RLM26

Red Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PR101
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #873325 (estimate)

Brown RLM26

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.105
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b3634 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 12.5, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Brown RLM26 is more muted, cooler than Red Oxide.

Can I use Brown RLM26 instead of Red Oxide?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Brown RLM26 is more muted, cooler than Red Oxide.

Can I use Red Oxide instead of Brown RLM26?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Oxide is more saturated, 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 Red Oxide on the colour wheel See Brown RLM26 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Oxide

Red Oxide vs Dark Flesh Tone (72.044)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown RLM26
Red Oxide vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Brown RLM26
Red Oxide vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 10, close · closer than Brown RLM26

Other Golden paints close to Brown RLM26

Brown RLM26 vs Violet Oxide (PR101)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close · closer than Red Oxide
Brown RLM26 vs Burnt Umber Light (PBr7)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 14, fair
Brown RLM26 vs Quinacridone Burnt OrangeHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Red Oxide equivalents · Brown RLM26 equivalents