What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Mahogany Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Mahogany Brown is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Mahogany Brown

Yellow Oxide

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

Mahogany Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.846
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6e5050 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Mahogany Brown is more muted, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Mahogany Brown instead of Yellow Oxide?

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

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Mahogany Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide 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 Oxide on the colour wheel See Mahogany 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 Mahogany Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Mahogany Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Mud Brown (71.037)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Mahogany Brown

Other Scale75 paints close to Mahogany Brown

Mahogany Brown vs Wood (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Mahogany Brown vs African Shadow (SC24)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Mahogany Brown vs Bosh Chestnut (SFG35)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Mahogany Brown equivalents