What is the difference between Coyote Brown and Brown Green?

ΔE 10 (close). Brown Green is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Coyote Brown vs Brown Green

Coyote Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1856
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #886b38 (estimate)

Brown Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.030
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #816443 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Green is more muted, warmer than Coyote Brown.

Can I use Brown Green instead of Coyote Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Brown Green is more muted, warmer than Coyote Brown.

Can I use Coyote Brown instead of Brown Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Coyote Brown is more saturated, 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 Coyote Brown on the colour wheel See Brown Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Coyote Brown

Coyote Brown vs Dark Yellow (71.025)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Brown Green
Coyote Brown vs Middle Stone (71.031)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown Green
Coyote Brown vs Ochre Brown (70.856)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Brown Green

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Brown Green

Brown Green vs Dark Beige (1854)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Coyote Brown
Brown Green vs Gengis Khaki (1883)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 9, close · closer than Coyote Brown
Brown Green vs Komodo Khaki (1824)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 15, fair

All matches: Coyote Brown equivalents · Brown Green equivalents