What is the difference between Quicksand Brown and Bronze Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Bronze Brown is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Quicksand Brown vs Bronze Brown

Quicksand Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1834
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #934b17 (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 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bronze Brown is more muted than Quicksand Brown.

Can I use Bronze Brown instead of Quicksand Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Bronze Brown is more muted than Quicksand Brown.

Can I use Quicksand Brown instead of Bronze Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Quicksand Brown is 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 Quicksand Brown on the colour wheel See Bronze Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Quicksand Brown

Quicksand Brown vs Light Brown (70.929)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Quicksand Brown vs Orange Brown (70.981)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair
Quicksand Brown vs Beasty Brown (72.043)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Bronze Brown

Bronze Brown vs English Field Brown (1855)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 7, close · closer than Quicksand Brown
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: Quicksand Brown equivalents · Bronze Brown equivalents