What is the difference between Coyote Brown and Ochre Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Ochre Brown is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Coyote Brown vs Ochre Brown

Coyote Brown

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

Ochre Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.856
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9f743e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Ochre Brown is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Coyote Brown.

Can I use Ochre Brown instead of Coyote Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Ochre Brown is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Coyote Brown.

Can I use Coyote Brown instead of Ochre Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Coyote Brown is a little darker, more muted, 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 Ochre Brown 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 Ochre Brown
Coyote Brown vs Middle Stone (71.031)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Ochre Brown
Coyote Brown vs Middle Stone (70.882)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Ochre Brown

Ochre Brown vs Desert Camo (1857)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 8, close · closer than Coyote Brown
Ochre Brown vs Komodo Khaki (1824)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 9, close
Ochre Brown vs Yellow-Brown Ops (1858)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Coyote Brown equivalents · Ochre Brown equivalents