What is the difference between English Field Brown and Bronze Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Bronze Brown is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

English Field Brown vs Bronze Brown

English Field Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1855
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7a4609 (estimate)

Bronze Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.036
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8c511e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bronze Brown is a little lighter than English Field Brown.

Can I use Bronze Brown instead of English Field Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Bronze Brown is a little lighter than English Field Brown.

Can I use English Field Brown instead of Bronze Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: English Field Brown is a little darker.

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 English Field Brown on the colour wheel See Bronze Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to English Field Brown

English Field Brown vs Light Brown (70.929)Model Color · ΔE 15, fair
English Field Brown vs Wood (71.077)Model Air · ΔE 15, loose
English Field Brown vs Earth (72.062)Game Color · ΔE 17, loose

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Bronze Brown

Bronze Brown vs Quicksand Brown (1834)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 7, close
Bronze Brown vs Komodo Khaki (1824)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 8, close
Bronze Brown vs Yellow-Brown Ops (1858)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, close

All matches: English Field Brown equivalents · Bronze Brown equivalents