What is the difference between Khaki Brown and Middle Stone?

ΔE 8 (close). Middle Stone is a little darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Khaki Brown vs Middle Stone

Khaki Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-404
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #937b38 (estimate)

Middle Stone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.882
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #817439 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Middle Stone is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Khaki Brown.

Can I use Middle Stone instead of Khaki Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Middle Stone is a little darker, more muted, cooler than Khaki Brown.

Can I use Khaki Brown instead of Middle Stone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Khaki Brown is a little lighter, 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 Khaki Brown on the colour wheel See Middle Stone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Khaki Brown

Khaki Brown vs Green Ochre (70.914)Model Color · ΔE 0, very close · closer than Middle Stone
Khaki Brown vs Orange Ochre (70.824)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Middle Stone
Khaki Brown vs Japan. Unif. WWII (70.923)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Middle Stone

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Middle Stone

Middle Stone vs Hay Color (C-524)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Khaki Brown
Middle Stone vs Sandy Brown (C-19)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Middle Stone vs RLM 79 Sand Yellow (N-66)Acrysion · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Khaki Brown equivalents · Middle Stone equivalents