What is the difference between Red Oxide and Tan?

ΔE 24 (loose). Tan is noticeably lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Oxide vs Tan

Red Oxide

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

Tan

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.066
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d1775d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 24.3, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Tan is noticeably lighter, warmer than Red Oxide.

Can I use Tan instead of Red Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 24). Tan is noticeably lighter, warmer than Red Oxide.

Can I use Red Oxide instead of Tan?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Oxide is noticeably 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 Tan 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 Tan
Red Oxide vs Red (71.269)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Tan
Red Oxide vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tan

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Tan

Tan vs Caucasian Skin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Oxide
Tan vs Pumpkin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Red Oxide
Tan vs Oxide Brown Light (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 25, loose

All matches: Red Oxide equivalents · Tan equivalents