What is the difference between Red Oxide and Bronze Brown?

ΔE 22 (loose). Bronze Brown is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Oxide vs Bronze Brown

Red Oxide

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #90382e (estimate)

Bronze Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.036
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8c511e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 21.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Bronze Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Red Oxide.

Can I use Bronze Brown instead of Red Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 22). Bronze Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Red Oxide.

Can I use Red Oxide instead of Bronze Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Oxide is a little darker, 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 Red Oxide on the colour wheel See Bronze Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Oxide

Red Oxide vs Dark Flesh Tone (72.044)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Bronze Brown
Red Oxide vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bronze Brown
Red Oxide vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Bronze Brown

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Bronze Brown

Bronze Brown vs Kiwi Brown (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Red Oxide
Bronze Brown vs Oxide Brown Light (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Red Oxide
Bronze Brown vs Middle Brown (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Red Oxide

All matches: Red Oxide equivalents · Bronze Brown equivalents