What is the difference between Red Brown and Cavalry Brown?

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

Red Brown vs Cavalry Brown

Red Brown

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

Cavalry Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.982
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b3d3b (estimate)

How close are they?

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

Can I use Cavalry Brown instead of Red Brown?

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

Can I use Red Brown instead of Cavalry Brown?

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

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Cavalry Brown

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

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Cavalry Brown equivalents