What is the difference between Raw Sienna and Light Brown?

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

Raw Sienna vs Light Brown

Raw Sienna

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #854924 (estimate)

Light Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.929
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #975534 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Brown is a little lighter than Raw Sienna.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Raw Sienna?

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

Can I use Raw Sienna instead of Light Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Raw Sienna 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 Raw Sienna on the colour wheel See Light Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Raw Sienna

Raw Sienna vs Bronze Brown (72.036)Game Color · ΔE 7, close
Raw Sienna vs Orange Brown (70.981)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Raw Sienna vs Red Leather (70.818)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Burnt Sienna (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 14, fair
Light Brown vs Orange Leather (SC28)Scalecolor · ΔE 16, loose
Light Brown vs Sharpnel Red (SFG36)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Raw Sienna equivalents · Light Brown equivalents