What is the difference between Oxide Brown Dark and Mahogany?

ΔE 8 (close). Mahogany is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Dark vs Mahogany

Oxide Brown Dark

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4e322e (estimate)

Mahogany

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.036
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3e322f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Mahogany is more muted than Oxide Brown Dark.

Can I use Mahogany instead of Oxide Brown Dark?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Mahogany is more muted than Oxide Brown Dark.

Can I use Oxide Brown Dark instead of Mahogany?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Dark 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 Oxide Brown Dark on the colour wheel See Mahogany on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxide Brown Dark

Oxide Brown Dark vs Chestnut Brown (70.746)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Mahogany
Oxide Brown Dark vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Mahogany
Oxide Brown Dark vs German Red Brown (70.605)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Mahogany

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Mahogany

Mahogany vs Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Dark
Mahogany vs Darkness (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 6, close · closer than Oxide Brown Dark
Mahogany vs Deep Rusto (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Oxide Brown Dark

All matches: Oxide Brown Dark equivalents · Mahogany equivalents