What is the difference between Dark Brown Ochre and Chocolate Brown?

ΔE 6 (close). Chocolate Brown is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Brown Ochre vs Chocolate Brown

Dark Brown Ochre

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #3e3136 (estimate)

Chocolate Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.872
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4d3d3e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chocolate Brown is a little lighter than Dark Brown Ochre.

Can I use Chocolate Brown instead of Dark Brown Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Chocolate Brown is a little lighter than Dark Brown Ochre.

Can I use Dark Brown Ochre instead of Chocolate Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Brown Ochre is a little darker.

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 Dark Brown Ochre on the colour wheel See Chocolate Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Brown Ochre

Dark Brown Ochre vs Cam. Black Brown (70.822)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Dark Brown Ochre vs Armour Brown (71.041)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Dark Brown Ochre vs Hull Red (71.039)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Chocolate Brown

Chocolate Brown vs Arbuckles Brown (SFG34)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Brown Ochre
Chocolate Brown vs African Shadow (SC24)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, close · closer than Dark Brown Ochre
Chocolate Brown vs Raw Umber (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Dark Brown Ochre equivalents · Chocolate Brown equivalents