What is the difference between Wood Brown and US Earth Red?

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

Wood Brown vs US Earth Red

Wood Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-43
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #664b34 (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 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Earth Red is a little lighter, more muted than Wood Brown.

Can I use US Earth Red instead of Wood Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). US Earth Red is a little lighter, more muted than Wood Brown.

Can I use Wood Brown instead of US Earth Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Wood Brown is a little darker, more saturated.

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 US Earth Red 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 US Earth Red
Wood Brown vs Beige Brown (70.875)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than US Earth Red
Wood Brown vs Dirt (71.133)Model Air · ΔE 6, 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 Wood Brown
US Earth Red vs Brown FS30219 (C-310)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Wood Brown
US Earth Red vs Smoke Gray (H-95)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Wood Brown

All matches: Wood Brown equivalents · US Earth Red equivalents