What is the difference between Brutal Brown and Bronze Brown?

ΔE 19 (loose). Bronze Brown is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brutal Brown vs Bronze Brown

Brutal Brown

Brand: Nocturna Models
Range: N-Paint Basic
Code: NA43
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e4f40 (estimate)

Bronze Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.036
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8c511e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Bronze Brown is more saturated, warmer than Brutal Brown.

Can I use Bronze Brown instead of Brutal Brown?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Bronze Brown is more saturated, warmer than Brutal Brown.

Can I use Brutal Brown instead of Bronze Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Brutal Brown is more muted, cooler.

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 Brutal Brown on the colour wheel See Bronze Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brutal Brown

Brutal Brown vs Red Leather (70.818)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Bronze Brown
Brutal Brown vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Bronze Brown
Brutal Brown vs Light Rust (71.129)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bronze Brown

Other Nocturna Models paints close to Bronze Brown

Bronze Brown vs Leather Brown (NA44)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 8, close · closer than Brutal Brown
Bronze Brown vs Red Flesh (NA03)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 25, loose
Bronze Brown vs Ruby Red (NA19)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 26, loose

All matches: Brutal Brown equivalents · Bronze Brown equivalents