What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Mud Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Mud Brown is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Mud Brown

Yellow Oxide

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

Mud Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.037
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7e5945 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Mud Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Mud Brown instead of Yellow Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Mud Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Mud Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is a little darker, 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 Oxide on the colour wheel See Mud 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 Mud Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Mud Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Sand Brown (71.034)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Scale75 paints close to Mud Brown

Mud Brown vs Walnut (SC29)Scalecolor · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Mud Brown vs Bosh Chestnut (SFG35)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 6, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Mud Brown vs Cork Brown (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Mud Brown equivalents