What is the difference between Yellow-Brown Ops and Bronze Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Bronze Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow-Brown Ops vs Bronze Brown

Yellow-Brown Ops

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1858
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #995c14 (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 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bronze Brown is a little darker, more muted than Yellow-Brown Ops.

Can I use Bronze Brown instead of Yellow-Brown Ops?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Bronze Brown is a little darker, more muted than Yellow-Brown Ops.

Can I use Yellow-Brown Ops instead of Bronze Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow-Brown Ops 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 Yellow-Brown Ops on the colour wheel See Bronze Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow-Brown Ops

Yellow-Brown Ops vs Beasty Brown (72.043)Game Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Bronze Brown
Yellow-Brown Ops vs Earth (72.062)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair
Yellow-Brown Ops vs Wood (71.077)Model Air · 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 Yellow-Brown Ops
Bronze Brown vs Quicksand Brown (1834)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow-Brown Ops
Bronze Brown vs Komodo Khaki (1824)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 8, close · closer than Yellow-Brown Ops

All matches: Yellow-Brown Ops equivalents · Bronze Brown equivalents