What is the difference between Red Brown and Cam. Middle Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Cam. Middle Brown is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Brown vs Cam. Middle Brown

Red Brown

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-64
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #523b29 (estimate)

Cam. Middle Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.740
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #41341f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cam. Middle Brown is a little darker, cooler than Red Brown.

Can I use Cam. Middle Brown instead of Red Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Cam. Middle Brown is a little darker, cooler than Red Brown.

Can I use Red Brown instead of Cam. Middle Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Brown is a little lighter, 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 Cam. Middle Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Brown

Red Brown vs Flat Earth (70.983)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cam. Middle Brown
Red Brown vs BC Dark Brown (70.768)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Red Brown vs Leather Brown (70.871)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Tamiya paints close to Cam. Middle Brown

Cam. Middle Brown vs Flat Brown (XF-10)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 13, fair
Cam. Middle Brown vs Red Brown 2 (XF-90)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 13, fair
Cam. Middle Brown vs Linoleum Deck Brown (XF-79)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Red Brown equivalents · Cam. Middle Brown equivalents