What is the difference between Red Oxide and Orange Brown?

ΔE 17 (loose). Orange Brown is noticeably lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Oxide vs Orange Brown

Red Oxide

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

Orange Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.981
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a45d3c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 17.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Orange Brown is noticeably lighter, warmer than Red Oxide.

Can I use Orange Brown instead of Red Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Orange Brown is noticeably lighter, warmer than Red Oxide.

Can I use Red Oxide instead of Orange Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Oxide is noticeably darker, cooler.

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 Orange Brown 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 Orange Brown
Red Oxide vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Orange Brown
Red Oxide vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 10, close · closer than Orange Brown

Other Golden paints close to Orange Brown

Orange Brown vs Mars YellowHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, close · closer than Red Oxide
Orange Brown vs Burnt Sienna (PBr7)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Red Oxide
Orange Brown vs Transparent Brown Iron OxideHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Red Oxide equivalents · Orange Brown equivalents