What is the difference between Oxide Brown Light and Red Leather?

ΔE 7 (close). Red Leather is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Light vs Red Leather

Oxide Brown Light

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

Red Leather

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.818
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8d503d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Red Leather is a little lighter, more muted than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Red Leather instead of Oxide Brown Light?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Red Leather is a little lighter, more muted than Oxide Brown Light.

Can I use Oxide Brown Light instead of Red Leather?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxide Brown Light

Oxide Brown Light vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 7, close
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 Red Leather

Red Leather vs Red Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 14, fair
Red Leather vs Dark Honey (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 16, loose
Red Leather vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Oxide Brown Light equivalents · Red Leather equivalents