What is the difference between Dark Honey and Oxide Brown Medium?

ΔE 7 (close). Oxide Brown Medium is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Honey vs Oxide Brown Medium

Dark Honey

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Signature Series
Code: Signature
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5e3322 (estimate)

Oxide Brown Medium

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a342c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Oxide Brown Medium is more muted, cooler than Dark Honey.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Dark Honey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Oxide Brown Medium is more muted, cooler than Dark Honey.

Can I use Dark Honey instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Honey is more saturated, warmer.

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 Dark Honey on the colour wheel See Oxide Brown Medium on the colour wheel

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Dark Honey

Dark Honey vs Royal Brown (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Dark Honey vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 12, fair
Dark Honey vs Oxide Brown Dark (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 13, fair

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Oxide Brown Medium

Oxide Brown Medium vs Royal Brown (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Honey
Oxide Brown Medium vs Oxide Brown Dark (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 6, close · closer than Dark Honey
Oxide Brown Medium vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Dark Honey equivalents · Oxide Brown Medium equivalents