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

ΔE 7 (close). Gorgon Brown is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Light vs Gorgon Brown

Oxide Brown Light

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #83442b (estimate)

Gorgon Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.124
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #904638 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Gorgon Brown is cooler than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Gorgon Brown instead of Oxide Brown Light?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Gorgon Brown is cooler than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Oxide Brown Light instead of Gorgon Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Light is 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 Oxide Brown Light on the colour wheel See Gorgon 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 Gorgon Brown
Oxide Brown Light vs Light Brown (70.929)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Oxide Brown Light vs Light Rust (71.129)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Gorgon Brown

Gorgon Brown vs Red Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 8, close
Gorgon Brown vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 17, loose
Gorgon Brown vs Dark Honey (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Oxide Brown Light equivalents · Gorgon Brown equivalents