What is the difference between Mahogany and Black Red?

ΔE 7 (close). Black Red is a little darker, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Mahogany vs Black Red

Mahogany

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-42
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #483337 (estimate)

Black Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.859
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #48282c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Black Red is a little darker, more saturated, warmer than Mahogany.

Can I use Black Red instead of Mahogany?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Black Red is a little darker, more saturated, warmer than Mahogany.

Can I use Mahogany instead of Black Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mahogany is a little lighter, 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 Mahogany on the colour wheel See Black Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mahogany

Mahogany vs Chocolate Brown (70.872)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Black Red
Mahogany vs Chestnut Brown (70.746)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Black Red
Mahogany vs Hull Red (70.985)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Black Red

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Black Red

Black Red vs Red Brown (C-41)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Mahogany
Black Red vs Chocolate Brown (H-406)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Mahogany
Black Red vs Mahogany (H-84)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Mahogany equivalents · Black Red equivalents