What is the difference between Red Brown and Purple Shadow?

ΔE 9 (close). Purple Shadow is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Purple Shadow

Red Brown

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

Purple Shadow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.011
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. Purple Shadow is more muted, cooler than Red Brown.

Can I use Purple Shadow instead of Red Brown?

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

Can I use Red Brown instead of Purple Shadow?

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

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Purple Shadow

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

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Purple Shadow equivalents