What is the difference between Brown Gray and Pale Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Pale Brown is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brown Gray vs Pale Brown

Brown Gray

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC59
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #847171 (estimate)

Pale Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.825
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #937a6e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Brown Gray.

Can I use Pale Brown instead of Brown Gray?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pale Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Brown Gray.

Can I use Brown Gray instead of Pale Brown?

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

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 Brown Gray on the colour wheel See Pale Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brown Gray

Brown Gray vs Nocturna Shadow (74.001)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Brown
Brown Gray vs Sand (71.112)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Pale Brown
Brown Gray vs Lavender Grey (70.774)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Pale Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Pale Brown

Pale Brown vs Cork Brown (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Gray
Pale Brown vs Rainy Gray (SC60)Scalecolor · ΔE 9, close
Pale Brown vs Walnut (SC29)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Brown Gray equivalents · Pale Brown equivalents