What is the difference between Wood Brown and BS Dark Earth?

ΔE 7 (close). BS Dark Earth is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wood Brown vs BS Dark Earth

Wood Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-37
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #664b34 (estimate)

BS Dark Earth

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.323
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5f513d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. BS Dark Earth is more muted, cooler than Wood Brown.

Can I use BS Dark Earth instead of Wood Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). BS Dark Earth is more muted, cooler than Wood Brown.

Can I use Wood Brown instead of BS Dark Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wood 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 Wood Brown on the colour wheel See BS Dark Earth on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Wood Brown

Wood Brown vs BC Dark Brown (70.768)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than BS Dark Earth
Wood Brown vs Beige Brown (70.875)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than BS Dark Earth
Wood Brown vs Dirt (71.133)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than BS Dark Earth

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to BS Dark Earth

BS Dark Earth vs Dark Earth BS381C/450 (C-369)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Wood Brown
BS Dark Earth vs Wood Brown (C-43)Mr. Color · ΔE 7, close
BS Dark Earth vs Wood Brown (N-37)Acrysion · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Wood Brown equivalents · BS Dark Earth equivalents