What is the difference between Elfwood Brown and Copper Brown?

ΔE 16 (loose). Copper Brown is a little darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Elfwood Brown vs Copper Brown

Elfwood Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4224
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #523924 (estimate)

Copper Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.421
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #3f2323 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Copper Brown is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Elfwood Brown.

Can I use Copper Brown instead of Elfwood Brown?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 16). Copper Brown is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Elfwood Brown.

Can I use Elfwood Brown instead of Copper Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Elfwood Brown is a little lighter, 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 Elfwood Brown on the colour wheel See Copper Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Elfwood Brown

Elfwood Brown vs Wasteland Brown (72.420)Xpress Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Copper Brown
Elfwood Brown vs Military Yellow (72.453)Xpress Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Copper Brown
Elfwood Brown vs Battledress Brown (72.473)Xpress Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Copper Brown

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Copper Brown

Copper Brown vs Burgundy (4237)Dipping Inks · ΔE 10, close · closer than Elfwood Brown
Copper Brown vs Deep Black (4238)Dipping Inks · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Elfwood Brown
Copper Brown vs Goth Skin (4236)Dipping Inks · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Elfwood Brown equivalents · Copper Brown equivalents