What is the difference between Red Brown and Brown RLM26?

ΔE 7 (close). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Brown RLM26

Red Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-47
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6d2e33 (estimate)

Brown RLM26

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.105
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b3634 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, warmer than Red Brown.

Can I use Brown RLM26 instead of Red Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, warmer than Red Brown.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Brown RLM26?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Brown is a little darker, 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 Red Brown on the colour wheel See Brown RLM26 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Brown

Red Brown vs Burnt Red (70.814)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown RLM26
Red Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Brown RLM26
Red Brown vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown RLM26

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Brown RLM26

Brown RLM26 vs Russet (H-33)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Brown
Brown RLM26 vs Red Brown (N-47)Acrysion · ΔE 7, close
Brown RLM26 vs Russet (C-81)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Brown RLM26 equivalents