What is the difference between Yellow Ochre and Parasite Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Parasite Brown is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Ochre vs Parasite Brown

Yellow Ochre

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

Parasite Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.042
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cd7228 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Parasite Brown is more muted, warmer than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Parasite Brown instead of Yellow Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Parasite Brown is more muted, warmer than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Yellow Ochre instead of Parasite Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Ochre is more saturated, cooler.

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 Parasite 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 Parasite Brown
Yellow Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Parasite Brown
Yellow Ochre vs Leather Brown (72.040)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Parasite Brown

Parasite Brown vs Mars Orange (SC39)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Ochre
Parasite Brown vs Vulcan Orange (SFG37)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 11, fair
Parasite Brown vs Tiamat Orange (SFG06)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Yellow Ochre equivalents · Parasite Brown equivalents