What is the difference between Burgundy Wine Red and Brown RLM26?

ΔE 8 (close). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Burgundy Wine Red vs Brown RLM26

Burgundy Wine Red

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a281f (estimate)

Brown RLM26

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.105
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b3634 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, cooler than Burgundy Wine Red.

Can I use Brown RLM26 instead of Burgundy Wine Red?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Brown RLM26 is a little lighter, cooler than Burgundy Wine Red.

Can I use Burgundy Wine Red instead of Brown RLM26?

The same difference applies the other way round: Burgundy Wine Red 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 Burgundy Wine Red on the colour wheel See Brown RLM26 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Burgundy Wine Red

Burgundy Wine Red vs Nocturnal Red (72.111)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Brown RLM26
Burgundy Wine Red vs Fire Red (71.084)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Brown RLM26
Burgundy Wine Red vs Red (70.926)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Scale75 paints close to Brown RLM26

Brown RLM26 vs Red Leather (SC30)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Burgundy Wine Red
Brown RLM26 vs Indian Shadow (SC23)Scalecolor · ΔE 9, close
Brown RLM26 vs Sharpnel Red (SFG36)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Burgundy Wine Red equivalents · Brown RLM26 equivalents