What is the difference between Russet and Cavalry Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Cavalry Brown is a little lighter, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Russet vs Cavalry Brown

Russet

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-81
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #762c36 (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 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cavalry Brown is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Russet.

Can I use Cavalry Brown instead of Russet?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Cavalry Brown is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Russet.

Can I use Russet instead of Cavalry Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Russet is a little darker, more saturated, 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 Russet on the colour wheel See Cavalry Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Russet

Russet vs Red (70.926)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Cavalry Brown
Russet vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cavalry Brown
Russet vs Fire Red (71.084)Model Air · ΔE 8, 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 · closer than Russet
Cavalry Brown vs Red Brown (N-47)Acrysion · ΔE 7, close · closer than Russet
Cavalry Brown vs Russet (H-33)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Russet equivalents · Cavalry Brown equivalents