What is the difference between Smoke Gray and Brown Grey?

ΔE 7 (close). Brown Grey is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Smoke Gray vs Brown Grey

Smoke Gray

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-95
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6b5f59 (estimate)

Brown Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.248
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #585953 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Grey is a little darker than Smoke Gray.

Can I use Brown Grey instead of Smoke Gray?

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

Can I use Smoke Gray instead of Brown Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Smoke Gray is a little lighter.

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 Smoke Gray on the colour wheel See Brown Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Smoke Gray

Smoke Gray vs Concrete (71.131)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Grey
Smoke Gray vs JGSD Brown (71.297)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Brown Grey
Smoke Gray vs IDF Sinai Grey (71.142)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown Grey

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Brown Grey

Brown Grey vs RLM 81 Brown Violet (H-421)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Smoke Gray
Brown Grey vs RLM 75 Gray (H-69)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Smoke Gray
Brown Grey vs Dark Gray 2 (H-83)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Smoke Gray

All matches: Smoke Gray equivalents · Brown Grey equivalents