What is the difference between Brown and IJA Earth Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). IJA Earth Brown is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brown vs IJA Earth Brown

Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-526
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7c5d4d (estimate)

IJA Earth Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.136
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a5a48 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Earth Brown is more muted, cooler than Brown.

Can I use IJA Earth Brown instead of Brown?

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

Can I use Brown instead of IJA Earth Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Brown is more saturated, 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 Brown on the colour wheel See IJA Earth Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brown

Brown vs Mud Brown (71.037)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than IJA Earth Brown
Brown vs Beige Brown (70.875)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IJA Earth Brown
Brown vs US Earth Red (71.293)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than IJA Earth Brown

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to IJA Earth Brown

IJA Earth Brown vs Brown FS30219 (C-310)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown
IJA Earth Brown vs Smoke Gray (H-95)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close
IJA Earth Brown vs Wood Brown (C-43)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Brown equivalents · IJA Earth Brown equivalents