What is the difference between Birch and Insignia White?

ΔE 9 (close). Insignia White is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Birch vs Insignia White

Birch

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC25
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #efe0c0 (estimate)

Insignia White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.279
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dbdfc8 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Insignia White is more muted, cooler than Birch.

Can I use Insignia White instead of Birch?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Insignia White is more muted, cooler than Birch.

Can I use Birch instead of Insignia White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Birch is 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 Birch on the colour wheel See Insignia White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Birch

Birch vs Elfic Flesh (72.098)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Insignia White
Birch vs Ivory (70.918)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Insignia White
Birch vs Pale Flesh (72.003)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Insignia White

Other Scale75 paints close to Insignia White

Insignia White vs Nacar (SC02)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, close · closer than Birch
Insignia White vs Mojave White (SC62)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Birch
Insignia White vs White Sands (SC09)Scalecolor · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Birch equivalents · Insignia White equivalents