What is the difference between Royal Brown and Burnt Red?

ΔE 10 (close). Burnt Red is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Royal Brown vs Burnt Red

Royal Brown

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #592b23 (estimate)

Burnt Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.814
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #683339 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Burnt Red is a little lighter, cooler than Royal Brown.

Can I use Burnt Red instead of Royal Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Burnt Red is a little lighter, cooler than Royal Brown.

Can I use Royal Brown instead of Burnt Red?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Royal Brown

Royal Brown vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Burnt Red
Royal Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Burnt Red
Royal Brown vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Burnt Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Burnt Red

Burnt Red vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Royal Brown
Burnt Red vs Black Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Royal Brown
Burnt Red vs Oxide Brown Medium (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Royal Brown equivalents · Burnt Red equivalents