What is the difference between Scabbard Brown and Medium Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Scabbard Brown vs Medium Brown

Scabbard Brown

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #463023 (estimate)

Medium Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.826
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #4c3c36 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Scabbard Brown.

Can I use Medium Brown instead of Scabbard Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Scabbard Brown.

Can I use Scabbard Brown instead of Medium Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Scabbard Brown is a little darker, 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 Scabbard Brown on the colour wheel See Medium Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Scabbard Brown

Scabbard Brown vs Burnt Umber (70.941)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Brown
Scabbard Brown vs Cam. Middle Brown (70.740)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Medium Brown
Scabbard Brown vs Leather Brown (70.871)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Brown

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Medium Brown

Medium Brown vs Cuirass LeatherTriads: shadows · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Scabbard Brown
Medium Brown vs Field GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close
Medium Brown vs Scorched EarthTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Scabbard Brown equivalents · Medium Brown equivalents