What is the difference between Red Rage and Flat Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Flat Brown is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Red Rage vs Flat Brown

Red Rage

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

Flat Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.984
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #643b3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Brown is more muted, cooler than Red Rage.

Can I use Flat Brown instead of Red Rage?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Flat Brown is more muted, cooler than Red Rage.

Can I use Red Rage instead of Flat Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Red Rage is more saturated, 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 Flat 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 Flat Brown
Red Rage vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Flat Brown
Red Rage vs Dark Red (70.946)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Flat Brown

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Flat Brown

Flat Brown vs Dread RedTriads: shadows · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Red Rage
Flat Brown vs Sword Hilt BurgundyTriads: midtones · ΔE 9, close · closer than Red Rage
Flat Brown vs Druid FleshTriads: shadows · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Red Rage equivalents · Flat Brown equivalents