What is the difference between Red Brown and Frozen Flesh?

ΔE 9 (close). Frozen Flesh is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Frozen Flesh

Red Brown

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

Frozen Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.010
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #673541 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Frozen Flesh is more muted, cooler than Red Brown.

Can I use Frozen Flesh instead of Red Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Frozen Flesh is more muted, cooler than Red Brown.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Frozen Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Brown is 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 Red Brown on the colour wheel See Frozen Flesh 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 Frozen Flesh
Red Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Frozen Flesh
Red Brown vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Frozen Flesh

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Frozen Flesh

Frozen Flesh vs Hull Red (C-29)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Brown
Frozen Flesh vs Hull Red (N-17)Acrysion · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Brown
Frozen Flesh vs Cocoa Brown (H-17)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Red Brown

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Frozen Flesh equivalents