What is the difference between Transparent Brown Iron Oxide and Beasty Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Beasty Brown is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Beasty Brown

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a25513 (estimate)

Beasty Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.043
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b66724 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Beasty Brown is a little lighter than Transparent Brown Iron Oxide.

Can I use Beasty Brown instead of Transparent Brown Iron Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Beasty Brown is a little lighter than Transparent Brown Iron Oxide.

Can I use Transparent Brown Iron Oxide instead of Beasty Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Transparent Brown Iron Oxide is a little darker.

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 Transparent Brown Iron Oxide on the colour wheel See Beasty Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Transparent Brown Iron Oxide

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Bronze Brown (72.036)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair
Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Parasite Brown (72.042)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair
Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Orange Rust (71.130)Model Air · ΔE 14, fair

Other Golden paints close to Beasty Brown

Beasty Brown vs Raw Sienna (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 13, fair
Beasty Brown vs Mars YellowHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 13, fair
Beasty Brown vs Azo Gold (1302)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Transparent Brown Iron Oxide equivalents · Beasty Brown equivalents