What is the difference between Oxide Brown Medium and Purple Shadow?

ΔE 13 (fair). Purple Shadow is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Oxide Brown Medium vs Purple Shadow

Oxide Brown Medium

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

Purple Shadow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.011
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #673541 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 12.7, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Purple Shadow is cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Purple Shadow instead of Oxide Brown Medium?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Purple Shadow is cooler than Oxide Brown Medium.

Can I use Oxide Brown Medium instead of Purple Shadow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Oxide Brown Medium is 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 Purple Shadow 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 Purple Shadow
Oxide Brown Medium vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Purple Shadow
Oxide Brown Medium vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Purple Shadow

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Purple Shadow

Purple Shadow vs Black Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Purple Shadow vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 7, close · closer than Oxide Brown Medium
Purple Shadow vs Oxide Brown Dark (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Oxide Brown Medium equivalents · Purple Shadow equivalents