What is the difference between Mahogany and Burnt Umber?

ΔE 7 (close). Burnt Umber is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Mahogany vs Burnt Umber

Mahogany

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

Burnt Umber

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.941
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #412d28 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Burnt Umber is a little darker, warmer than Mahogany.

Can I use Burnt Umber instead of Mahogany?

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

Can I use Mahogany instead of Burnt Umber?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mahogany is a little lighter, 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 Burnt Umber on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mahogany

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

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Burnt Umber

Burnt Umber vs Brown 3606 (C-517)Mr. Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Mahogany
Burnt Umber vs Smoke Gray (C-101)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Mahogany
Burnt Umber vs Smoke Gray (N-95)Acrysion · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Mahogany

All matches: Mahogany equivalents · Burnt Umber equivalents