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

ΔE 8 (close). Flat Earth is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Medium vs Flat Earth

Oxide Brown Medium

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

Flat Earth

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.983
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #583b28 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Earth is warmer than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Flat Earth instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Flat Earth is warmer than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Flat Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Medium is cooler.

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 Earth 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 Earth
Oxide Brown Medium vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flat Earth
Oxide Brown Medium vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Flat Earth

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Flat Earth

Flat Earth vs Dark Honey (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 8, close
Flat Earth vs Dark Mud (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 9, close
Flat Earth vs Oxide Brown Dark (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Oxide Brown Medium equivalents · Flat Earth equivalents