What is the difference between Skeleton Brown and Wasteland Brown?

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

Skeleton Brown vs Wasteland Brown

Skeleton Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4225
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #53432a (estimate)

Wasteland Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.420
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #4a3222 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Wasteland Brown is a little darker, warmer than Skeleton Brown.

Can I use Wasteland Brown instead of Skeleton Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Wasteland Brown is a little darker, warmer than Skeleton Brown.

Can I use Skeleton Brown instead of Wasteland Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skeleton Brown is a little lighter, 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 Skeleton Brown on the colour wheel See Wasteland Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Skeleton Brown

Skeleton Brown vs Military Yellow (72.453)Xpress Color · ΔE 9, close
Skeleton Brown vs Camouflage Green (72.467)Xpress Color · ΔE 9, close
Skeleton Brown vs Rotten Flesh (72.452)Xpress Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Wasteland Brown

Wasteland Brown vs Elfwood Brown (4224)Dipping Inks · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Skeleton Brown
Wasteland Brown vs Green Stone (4220)Dipping Inks · ΔE 15, fair
Wasteland Brown vs Zombie (4223)Dipping Inks · ΔE 15, loose

All matches: Skeleton Brown equivalents · Wasteland Brown equivalents