What is the difference between Brown FS30219 and US Earth Red?

ΔE 6 (close). US Earth Red is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brown FS30219 vs US Earth Red

Brown FS30219

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-310
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6b5f53 (estimate)

US Earth Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.293
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6d5549 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Earth Red is more saturated, warmer than Brown FS30219.

Can I use US Earth Red instead of Brown FS30219?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). US Earth Red is more saturated, warmer than Brown FS30219.

Can I use Brown FS30219 instead of US Earth Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Brown FS30219 is more muted, 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 Brown FS30219 on the colour wheel See US Earth Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brown FS30219

Brown FS30219 vs IJA Earth Brown (71.136)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than US Earth Red
Brown FS30219 vs Concrete (71.131)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than US Earth Red
Brown FS30219 vs Old Wood (70.761)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than US Earth Red

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to US Earth Red

US Earth Red vs Brown (C-526)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Brown FS30219
US Earth Red vs Smoke Gray (H-95)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close
US Earth Red vs Wood Brown (C-43)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Brown FS30219 equivalents · US Earth Red equivalents