What is the difference between Smoke Gray and US Earth Red?

ΔE 8 (close). US Earth Red is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Smoke Gray vs US Earth Red

Smoke Gray

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

US Earth Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.293
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6d5549 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Earth Red is a little darker, more saturated than Smoke Gray.

Can I use US Earth Red instead of Smoke Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). US Earth Red is a little darker, more saturated than Smoke Gray.

Can I use Smoke Gray instead of US Earth Red?

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

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 US Earth Red 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 US Earth Red
Smoke Gray vs JGSD Brown (71.297)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than US Earth Red
Smoke Gray vs IDF Sinai Grey (71.142)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than US Earth Red

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to US Earth Red

US Earth Red vs Brown (C-526)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Smoke Gray
US Earth Red vs Brown FS30219 (C-310)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Smoke Gray
US Earth Red vs Wood Brown (C-43)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Smoke Gray equivalents · US Earth Red equivalents