What is the difference between Dark Highlights and Leather Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Leather Brown is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Highlights vs Leather Brown

Dark Highlights

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09042
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #593932 (estimate)

Leather Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.871
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4b3b33 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Leather Brown is more muted, warmer than Dark Highlights.

Can I use Leather Brown instead of Dark Highlights?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Leather Brown is more muted, warmer than Dark Highlights.

Can I use Dark Highlights instead of Leather Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Highlights is more saturated, 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 Dark Highlights on the colour wheel See Leather Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Highlights

Dark Highlights vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Dark Highlights vs German Red Brown (70.605)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Dark Highlights vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Leather Brown

Other Reaper paints close to Leather Brown

Leather Brown vs Woodstain Brown (09160)Master Series Paints · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Highlights
Leather Brown vs Muddy Brown (09028)Master Series Paints · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Highlights
Leather Brown vs Grey Liner (09065)Master Series Paints · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dark Highlights

All matches: Dark Highlights equivalents · Leather Brown equivalents