What is the difference between Death Reaper and Brown Grey?

ΔE 6 (close). Brown Grey is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Death Reaper vs Brown Grey

Death Reaper

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #505052 (estimate)

Brown Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.248
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #585953 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Grey is a little lighter than Death Reaper.

Can I use Brown Grey instead of Death Reaper?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Brown Grey is a little lighter than Death Reaper.

Can I use Death Reaper instead of Brown Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Reaper is a little darker.

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 Death Reaper on the colour wheel See Brown Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Death Reaper

Death Reaper vs Violet Grey (70.773)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Brown Grey
Death Reaper vs Seaplane Gray (71.314)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Brown Grey
Death Reaper vs Dark Grey RLM42 (71.123)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Brown Grey

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Brown Grey

Brown Grey vs Ranger CloakTriads: midtones · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Death Reaper
Brown Grey vs Ashen GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Death Reaper
Brown Grey vs Scorched EarthTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Death Reaper

All matches: Death Reaper equivalents · Brown Grey equivalents