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

ΔE 12 (fair). Bronze Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Bronze Brown

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide

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

Bronze Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.036
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8c511e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 12.4, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Bronze Brown is a little darker, more muted than Transparent Brown Iron Oxide.

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

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 12). Bronze Brown is a little darker, more muted than Transparent Brown Iron Oxide.

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

The same difference applies the other way round: Transparent Brown Iron Oxide is a little lighter, 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 Transparent Brown Iron Oxide on the colour wheel See Bronze Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Transparent Brown Iron Oxide

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Beasty Brown (72.043)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bronze Brown
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 Bronze Brown

Bronze Brown vs Mars YellowHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 13, fair
Bronze Brown vs Burnt Sienna (PBr7)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 19, loose
Bronze Brown vs Red Oxide (PR101)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 20, loose

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