What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Cavalry Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Cavalry Brown is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Cavalry Brown

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #754a41 (estimate)

Cavalry Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.982
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b3d3b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cavalry Brown is more saturated, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Cavalry Brown instead of Yellow Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Cavalry Brown is more saturated, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Cavalry Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is 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 Yellow Oxide on the colour wheel See Cavalry Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Oxide

Yellow Oxide vs Light Rust (71.129)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cavalry Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cavalry Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Mud Brown (71.037)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Cavalry Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Cavalry Brown

Cavalry Brown vs Indian Shadow (SC23)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Cavalry Brown vs Red Leather (SC30)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Cavalry Brown vs Tindalos Red (SFG44)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Cavalry Brown equivalents