What is the difference between Red Rage and Cavalry Brown?

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

Red Rage vs Cavalry Brown

Red Rage

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6a352b (estimate)

Cavalry Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.982
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b3d3b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cavalry Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Red Rage.

Can I use Cavalry Brown instead of Red Rage?

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

Can I use Red Rage instead of Cavalry Brown?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Red Rage

Red Rage vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cavalry Brown
Red Rage vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Red Rage vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Cavalry Brown

Cavalry Brown vs Asmodeus RedTriads: midtones · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Rage
Cavalry Brown vs Dread RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 7, close
Cavalry Brown vs Fur CloakTriads: highlights · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Red Rage equivalents · Cavalry Brown equivalents