What is the difference between Red Brown and Chalice Red?

ΔE 7 (close). Chalice Red is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Chalice Red

Red Brown

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

Chalice Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.017
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #612f35 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chalice Red is more muted than Red Brown.

Can I use Chalice Red instead of Red Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Chalice Red is more muted than Red Brown.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Chalice Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Brown is more saturated.

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 Chalice Red 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 Chalice Red
Red Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Chalice Red
Red Brown vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Chalice Red

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Chalice Red

Chalice Red vs Cocoa Brown (H-17)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Red Brown
Chalice Red vs Hull Red (C-29)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Brown
Chalice Red vs Hull Red (N-17)Acrysion · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Brown

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Chalice Red equivalents