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

ΔE 16 (loose). Grunge Brown is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Grunge Brown

Transparent Brown Iron Oxide

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

Grunge Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.115
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bf5835 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.5, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Grunge Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Transparent Brown Iron Oxide.

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

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 16). Grunge Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Transparent Brown Iron Oxide.

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

The same difference applies the other way round: Transparent Brown Iron Oxide is a little darker, 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 Transparent Brown Iron Oxide on the colour wheel See Grunge 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 Grunge Brown
Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Bronze Brown (72.036)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Grunge Brown
Transparent Brown Iron Oxide vs Parasite Brown (72.042)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Grunge Brown

Other Golden paints close to Grunge Brown

Grunge Brown vs Mars YellowHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close · closer than Transparent Brown Iron Oxide
Grunge Brown vs Burnt Sienna (PBr7)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 16, loose
Grunge Brown vs Benzimidazolone Burnt Orange (1006)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 17, loose

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