What is the difference between Red Brown and Nocturnal Red?

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

Red Brown vs Nocturnal Red

Red Brown

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

Nocturnal Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.111
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #622122 (estimate)

How close are they?

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

Can I use Nocturnal Red instead of Red Brown?

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

Can I use Red Brown instead of Nocturnal Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Brown 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 Red Brown on the colour wheel See Nocturnal 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 Nocturnal Red
Red Brown vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Nocturnal Red
Red Brown vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 7, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Nocturnal Red

Nocturnal Red vs Red Brown (N-47)Acrysion · ΔE 7, close
Nocturnal Red vs Russet (C-81)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close
Nocturnal Red vs Russet (H-33)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Nocturnal Red equivalents