What is the difference between Red Brown 2 and Leather Brown?

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

Red Brown 2 vs Leather Brown

Red Brown 2

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-90
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 Red Brown 2.

Can I use Leather Brown instead of Red Brown 2?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Leather Brown is more muted, warmer than Red Brown 2.

Can I use Red Brown 2 instead of Leather Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Brown 2 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 Red Brown 2 on the colour wheel See Leather Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Brown 2

Red Brown 2 vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Red Brown 2 vs Chestnut Brown (70.746)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Leather Brown
Red Brown 2 vs Flat Brown (70.984)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Leather Brown

Other Tamiya paints close to Leather Brown

Leather Brown vs Flat Brown (XF-10)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: Red Brown 2 equivalents · Leather Brown equivalents