What is the difference between Brown Leather and Dark Red?

ΔE 10 (close). Dark Red is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Brown Leather vs Dark Red

Brown Leather

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC31
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #471e13 (estimate)

Dark Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.946
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5c2727 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Red is a little lighter, cooler than Brown Leather.

Can I use Dark Red instead of Brown Leather?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Dark Red is a little lighter, cooler than Brown Leather.

Can I use Brown Leather instead of Dark Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Brown Leather is a little darker, 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 Brown Leather on the colour wheel See Dark Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Brown Leather

Brown Leather vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Brown Leather vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair
Brown Leather vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 13, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Dark Red

Dark Red vs Red Leather (SC30)Scalecolor · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Leather
Dark Red vs Tindalos Red (SFG44)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Leather
Dark Red vs Indian Shadow (SC23)Scalecolor · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Brown Leather equivalents · Dark Red equivalents