What is the difference between Red Oxide and Gorgon Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Gorgon Brown is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Oxide vs Gorgon Brown

Red Oxide

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

Gorgon Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.124
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #904638 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Gorgon Brown is more muted than Red Oxide.

Can I use Gorgon Brown instead of Red Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Gorgon Brown is more muted than Red Oxide.

Can I use Red Oxide instead of Gorgon Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Oxide is more saturated.

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 Gorgon 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 Gorgon Brown
Red Oxide vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Gorgon Brown
Red Oxide vs Fire Red (71.084)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Gorgon Brown

Gorgon Brown vs Oxide Brown Light (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Oxide
Gorgon Brown vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 17, loose
Gorgon Brown vs Dark Honey (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Red Oxide equivalents · Gorgon Brown equivalents