What is the difference between Noble Steed Brown and Brown Green?

ΔE 7 (close). Brown Green is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Noble Steed Brown vs Brown Green

Noble Steed Brown

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #77553a (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 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Green is a little lighter, cooler than Noble Steed Brown.

Can I use Brown Green instead of Noble Steed Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Brown Green is a little lighter, cooler than Noble Steed Brown.

Can I use Noble Steed Brown instead of Brown Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Noble Steed Brown is a little darker, 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 Noble Steed Brown on the colour wheel See Brown Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Noble Steed Brown

Noble Steed Brown vs New Wood (70.770)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Brown Green
Noble Steed Brown vs Golden Brown (71.032)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Brown Green
Noble Steed Brown vs USA Flat Brown (71.026)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Brown Green

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Brown Green

Brown Green vs Gyzmo FurTriads: shadows · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Noble Steed Brown
Brown Green vs Boot Strap BrownTriads: midtones · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Noble Steed Brown
Brown Green vs Argonaut SkinTriads: shadows · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Noble Steed Brown equivalents · Brown Green equivalents