What is the difference between Orange Brown and Beasty Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Beasty Brown is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Orange Brown vs Beasty Brown

Orange Brown

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09201
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b1591f (estimate)

Beasty Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.043
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b66724 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Beasty Brown is a little lighter than Orange Brown.

Can I use Beasty Brown instead of Orange Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Beasty Brown is a little lighter than Orange Brown.

Can I use Orange Brown instead of Beasty Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Orange Brown is a little darker.

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 Orange Brown on the colour wheel See Beasty Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Orange Brown

Orange Brown vs Orange Rust (71.130)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Orange Brown vs Grunge Brown (72.115)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Orange Brown vs Parasite Brown (72.042)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other Reaper paints close to Beasty Brown

Beasty Brown vs Burnt Orange (09111)Master Series Paints · ΔE 11, fair
Beasty Brown vs Half-Orc Highlight (09204)Master Series Paints · ΔE 15, fair
Beasty Brown vs Sand Brown (09190)Master Series Paints · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Orange Brown equivalents · Beasty Brown equivalents