What is the difference between Gengis Khaki and Brown Green?

ΔE 9 (close). Brown Green is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Gengis Khaki vs Brown Green

Gengis Khaki

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1883
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a5c36 (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 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Green is a little lighter, warmer than Gengis Khaki.

Can I use Brown Green instead of Gengis Khaki?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Brown Green is a little lighter, warmer than Gengis Khaki.

Can I use Gengis Khaki instead of Brown Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Gengis Khaki is a little darker, 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 Gengis Khaki on the colour wheel See Brown Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Gengis Khaki

Gengis Khaki vs Khaki Grey (70.880)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Brown Green
Gengis Khaki vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown Green
Gengis Khaki vs Germ. Green Brown (70.606)Model Air · ΔE 5, very 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 Gengis Khaki
Brown Green vs Coyote Brown (1856)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 10, close
Brown Green vs Komodo Khaki (1824)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 15, fair

All matches: Gengis Khaki equivalents · Brown Green equivalents