What is the difference between Golden Brown and Leather Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Leather Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Golden Brown vs Leather Brown

Golden Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Opaque Colors
Code: 4121
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cd8e17 (estimate)

Leather Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.040
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c18223 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Leather Brown is a little darker, more muted than Golden Brown.

Can I use Leather Brown instead of Golden Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Leather Brown is a little darker, more muted than Golden Brown.

Can I use Golden Brown instead of Leather Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Golden Brown is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Golden Brown on the colour wheel See Leather Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Golden Brown

Golden Brown vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Leather Brown
Golden Brown vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair
Golden Brown vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Leather Brown

Leather Brown vs Arrakis Brown (3213)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 13, fair
Leather Brown vs Ochre Desert (1828)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 17, loose
Leather Brown vs Mustard Yellow (1783)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Golden Brown equivalents · Leather Brown equivalents