What is the difference between Royal Brown and Chalice Red?

ΔE 9 (close). Chalice Red is cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Royal Brown vs Chalice Red

Royal Brown

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

Chalice Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.017
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #612f35 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chalice Red is cooler than Royal Brown.

Can I use Chalice Red instead of Royal Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Chalice Red is cooler than Royal Brown.

Can I use Royal Brown instead of Chalice Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Royal Brown 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 Royal Brown on the colour wheel See Chalice 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 Chalice Red
Royal Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chalice Red
Royal Brown vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Chalice Red

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Chalice Red

Chalice Red vs Perylene Violet (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Royal Brown
Chalice Red vs Black Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 6, close · closer than Royal Brown
Chalice Red vs Oxide Brown Medium (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Royal Brown equivalents · Chalice Red equivalents