What is the difference between Flat Brown and Leather Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Leather Brown is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Flat Brown vs Leather Brown

Flat Brown

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-10
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5b3e38 (estimate)

Leather Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.871
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4b3b33 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Leather Brown is more muted, warmer than Flat Brown.

Can I use Leather Brown instead of Flat Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Leather Brown is more muted, warmer than Flat Brown.

Can I use Flat Brown instead of Leather Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Flat Brown 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 Flat Brown on the colour wheel See Leather Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Flat Brown

Flat Brown vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Flat Brown vs Chestnut Brown (70.746)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Flat Brown vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Leather Brown

Other Tamiya paints close to Leather Brown

Leather Brown vs Red Brown 2 (XF-90)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 7, close
Leather Brown vs Red Brown (XF-64)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 8, close
Leather Brown vs NATO Black (TS-63)TS Spray · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Flat Brown equivalents · Leather Brown equivalents