What is the difference between Steel Grey and Cam. Black Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Cam. Black Brown is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Steel Grey vs Cam. Black Brown

Steel Grey

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1842
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #232f3b (estimate)

Cam. Black Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.822
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #362f34 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cam. Black Brown is more muted than Steel Grey.

Can I use Cam. Black Brown instead of Steel Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Cam. Black Brown is more muted than Steel Grey.

Can I use Steel Grey instead of Cam. Black Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Steel Grey 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 Steel Grey on the colour wheel See Cam. Black Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Steel Grey

Steel Grey vs Signal Blue (71.091)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Cam. Black Brown
Steel Grey vs Dark Sea Blue (70.898)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cam. Black Brown
Steel Grey vs Glossy Sea Blue (71.300)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Cam. Black Brown

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Cam. Black Brown

Cam. Black Brown vs Blackroot Grey (3233)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Steel Grey
Cam. Black Brown vs Ranger Green (3234)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 8, close · closer than Steel Grey
Cam. Black Brown vs Chancellor Blue (3222)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Steel Grey equivalents · Cam. Black Brown equivalents