What is the difference between Doom Death Black and Chocolate Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Chocolate Brown is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Doom Death Black vs Chocolate Brown

Doom Death Black

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #373737 (estimate)

Chocolate Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.872
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4d3d3e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chocolate Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Doom Death Black.

Can I use Chocolate Brown instead of Doom Death Black?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Chocolate Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Doom Death Black.

Can I use Doom Death Black instead of Chocolate Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Doom Death Black is a little darker, more muted.

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 Doom Death Black on the colour wheel See Chocolate Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Doom Death Black

Doom Death Black vs Grey Green (70.866)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Doom Death Black vs 6K Russian Brown (71.282)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Doom Death Black vs UK Bronze Green (70.607)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Chocolate Brown

Chocolate Brown vs Royal CloakTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Doom Death Black
Chocolate Brown vs Cuirass LeatherTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Doom Death Black
Chocolate Brown vs Scorched EarthTriads: shadows · ΔE 8, close · closer than Doom Death Black

All matches: Doom Death Black equivalents · Chocolate Brown equivalents