What is the difference between Brown Skin and Fire Red?

ΔE 22 (loose). Fire Red is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brown Skin vs Fire Red

Brown Skin

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 3219
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #822707 (estimate)

Fire Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.084
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b332f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 22.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fire Red is much more muted, cooler than Brown Skin.

Can I use Fire Red instead of Brown Skin?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 22). Fire Red is much more muted, cooler than Brown Skin.

Can I use Brown Skin instead of Fire Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Brown Skin is much 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 Brown Skin on the colour wheel See Fire Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brown Skin

Brown Skin vs Dark Flesh Tone (72.044)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Fire Red
Brown Skin vs Carmine Red (70.908)Model Color · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Fire Red
Brown Skin vs Gory Red (72.011)Game Color · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Fire Red

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Fire Red

Fire Red vs Redwood Brown (1832)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Brown Skin
Fire Red vs Bestial Brown (1833)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Brown Skin
Fire Red vs Dark Rose Tan (4119)Opaque Colors · ΔE 23, loose

All matches: Brown Skin equivalents · Fire Red equivalents