What is the difference between Oxide Brown Medium and Flat Brown?

ΔE 6 (very close). Flat Brown is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Medium vs Flat Brown

Oxide Brown Medium

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

Flat Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.984
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #643b3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 5.7, very close: most people won’t see a difference side by side. Flat Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Flat Brown instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

Yes, for most jobs. Very close match (ΔE 6). Flat Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Flat Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Medium is a little darker, 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 Flat 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 Flat Brown
Oxide Brown Medium vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Brown
Oxide Brown Medium vs German Red Brown (70.605)Model Air · ΔE 6, close

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Flat Brown

Flat Brown vs Black Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Flat Brown vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 6, close
Flat Brown vs Oxide Brown Dark (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Oxide Brown Medium equivalents · Flat Brown equivalents