What is the difference between Oxide Brown Medium and Dark Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Dark Red is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Medium vs Dark Red

Oxide Brown Medium

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

Dark Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.946
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5c2727 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Red is more saturated, cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Dark Red instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Dark Red is more saturated, cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Dark Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Medium is more muted, 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 Medium on the colour wheel See Dark Red 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 Dark Red
Oxide Brown Medium vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Red
Oxide Brown Medium vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dark Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Dark Red

Dark Red vs Royal Brown (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Dark Red vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 8, close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Dark Red vs Dark Honey (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Oxide Brown Medium equivalents · Dark Red equivalents