What is the difference between Gengis Khaki and Green Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Green Brown is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Gengis Khaki vs Green Brown

Gengis Khaki

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1883
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a5c36 (estimate)

Green Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.879
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #70642f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Green Brown is more saturated than Gengis Khaki.

Can I use Green Brown instead of Gengis Khaki?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Green Brown is more saturated than Gengis Khaki.

Can I use Gengis Khaki instead of Green Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Gengis Khaki is more muted.

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 Green Brown 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 Green Brown
Gengis Khaki vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Green Brown
Gengis Khaki vs Germ. Green Brown (70.606)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Green Brown

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Green Brown

Green Brown vs Coyote Brown (1856)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 9, close
Green Brown vs Wilted Green (4123)Opaque Colors · ΔE 10, fair
Green Brown vs Camouflage Green (1800)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Gengis Khaki equivalents · Green Brown equivalents