What is the difference between Walnut and Green Brown?

ΔE 19 (loose). Green Brown is a little darker, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Walnut vs Green Brown

Walnut

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor
Code: SC29
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #86654e (estimate)

Green Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.879
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #70642f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Green Brown is a little darker, more saturated, cooler than Walnut.

Can I use Green Brown instead of Walnut?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Green Brown is a little darker, more saturated, cooler than Walnut.

Can I use Walnut instead of Green Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Walnut is a little lighter, more muted, 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 Walnut on the colour wheel See Green Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Walnut

Walnut vs Tan Earth (70.874)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Green Brown
Walnut vs USA Flat Brown (71.026)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Green Brown
Walnut vs Mud Brown (71.037)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Green Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Green Brown

Green Brown vs Gobi Brown (SC12)Scalecolor · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Walnut
Green Brown vs Arabic Shadow (SC22)Scalecolor · ΔE 9, close · closer than Walnut
Green Brown vs Light Moss Green (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Walnut

All matches: Walnut equivalents · Green Brown equivalents