What is the difference between Yellow Ochre and Leather Brown?

ΔE 11 (fair). Leather Brown is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Ochre vs Leather Brown

Yellow Ochre

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cb7712 (estimate)

Leather Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.040
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c18223 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 11.0, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Leather Brown is more muted, cooler than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Leather Brown instead of Yellow Ochre?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Leather Brown is more muted, cooler than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Yellow Ochre instead of Leather Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Ochre is more saturated, 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 Yellow Ochre on the colour wheel See Leather Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Ochre

Yellow Ochre vs Scrofulous Brown (72.038)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Yellow Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Leather Brown
Yellow Ochre vs Parasite Brown (72.042)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Leather Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Leather Brown

Leather Brown vs Peanut Butter (SFG39)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Yellow Ochre
Leather Brown vs Sahara Yellow (SC11)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Yellow Ochre
Leather Brown vs Iroko (SC27)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Yellow Ochre

All matches: Yellow Ochre equivalents · Leather Brown equivalents