What is the difference between Oxide Brown Medium and Cam. Middle Brown?

ΔE 14 (fair). Cam. Middle Brown is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Medium vs Cam. Middle Brown

Oxide Brown Medium

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

Cam. Middle Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.740
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #41341f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 14.4, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Cam. Middle Brown is a little darker, more muted than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Cam. Middle Brown instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 14). Cam. Middle Brown is a little darker, more muted than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Cam. Middle Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Medium is a little lighter, 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 Medium on the colour wheel See Cam. Middle Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Oxide Brown Medium

Oxide Brown Medium vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown
Oxide Brown Medium vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown
Oxide Brown Medium vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Cam. Middle Brown

Cam. Middle Brown vs Dark Mud (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Cam. Middle Brown vs Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Cam. Middle Brown vs Oxide Brown Dark (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Oxide Brown Medium

All matches: Oxide Brown Medium equivalents · Cam. Middle Brown equivalents