What is the difference between Red Brown and Brown Green?

ΔE 8 (close). Brown Green is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Brown Green

Red Brown

Brand: Tamiya
Range: TS Spray
Code: TS-1
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #83604d (estimate)

Brown Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.030
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #816443 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Green is more saturated, cooler than Red Brown.

Can I use Brown Green instead of Red Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Brown Green is more saturated, cooler than Red Brown.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Brown Green?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Brown

Red Brown vs Mud Brown (71.037)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Brown Green
Red Brown vs Sand Brown (71.034)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown Green
Red Brown vs Tan Earth (70.874)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Green

Other Tamiya paints close to Brown Green

Brown Green vs Brown (JGSDF) (XF-72)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Red Brown
Brown Green vs Brown (JGSDF) (TS-90)TS Spray · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Red Brown
Brown Green vs NATO Brown (XF-68)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Brown Green equivalents