What is the difference between Wood Brown and IJA Earth Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). IJA Earth Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Wood Brown vs IJA Earth Brown

Wood Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-43
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #664b34 (estimate)

IJA Earth Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.136
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a5a48 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Earth Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Wood Brown.

Can I use IJA Earth Brown instead of Wood Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). IJA Earth Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Wood Brown.

Can I use Wood Brown instead of IJA Earth Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wood Brown is a little darker, 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 IJA Earth Brown 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 IJA Earth Brown
Wood Brown vs Beige Brown (70.875)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IJA Earth Brown
Wood Brown vs Dirt (71.133)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than IJA Earth Brown

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to IJA Earth Brown

IJA Earth Brown vs Brown FS30219 (C-310)Mr. Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Wood Brown
IJA Earth Brown vs Brown (C-526)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Wood Brown
IJA Earth Brown vs Smoke Gray (H-95)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Wood Brown

All matches: Wood Brown equivalents · IJA Earth Brown equivalents