What is the difference between Burnt Skin and Chestnut Brown?

ΔE 6 (close). Chestnut Brown is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Burnt Skin vs Chestnut Brown

Burnt Skin

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #45302a (estimate)

Chestnut Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.746
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #523536 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chestnut Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Burnt Skin.

Can I use Chestnut Brown instead of Burnt Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Chestnut Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Burnt Skin.

Can I use Burnt Skin instead of Chestnut Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Burnt Skin 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 Burnt Skin on the colour wheel See Chestnut Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Burnt Skin

Burnt Skin vs Burnt Umber (70.941)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Chestnut Brown
Burnt Skin vs Leather Brown (70.871)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chestnut Brown
Burnt Skin vs Mahogany (71.036)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chestnut Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Chestnut Brown

Chestnut Brown vs African Shadow (SC24)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close
Chestnut Brown vs Arbuckles Brown (SFG34)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 7, close
Chestnut Brown vs Black Leather (SC32)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Burnt Skin equivalents · Chestnut Brown equivalents