What is the difference between Oxide Brown Light and Bronze Brown?

ΔE 13 (fair). Bronze Brown is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Light vs Bronze Brown

Oxide Brown Light

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #83442b (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 13.4, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Bronze Brown is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Bronze Brown instead of Oxide Brown Light?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Bronze Brown is a little lighter, more saturated, warmer than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Oxide Brown Light instead of Bronze Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Light is a little darker, more muted, 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 Oxide Brown Light on the colour wheel See Bronze Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxide Brown Light

Oxide Brown Light vs Red Leather (70.818)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bronze Brown
Oxide Brown Light vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bronze Brown
Oxide Brown Light vs Light Brown (70.929)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Bronze Brown

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Bronze Brown

Bronze Brown vs Kiwi Brown (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Oxide Brown Light
Bronze Brown vs Middle Brown (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 17, loose
Bronze Brown vs Red Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 22, loose

All matches: Oxide Brown Light equivalents · Bronze Brown equivalents