What is the difference between Scorched Earth and Chocolate Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Chocolate Brown is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Scorched Earth vs Chocolate Brown

Scorched Earth

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #514d4a (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 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Chocolate Brown is a little darker, more saturated than Scorched Earth.

Can I use Chocolate Brown instead of Scorched Earth?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Chocolate Brown is a little darker, more saturated than Scorched Earth.

Can I use Scorched Earth instead of Chocolate Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Scorched Earth is a little lighter, 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 Scorched Earth on the colour wheel See Chocolate Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth vs Khaki Green Num. (71.330)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Scorched Earth vs US Earth Brown (71.290)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Chocolate Brown
Scorched Earth vs JGSD Brown (71.297)Model Air · ΔE 4, 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 Scorched Earth
Chocolate Brown vs Cuirass LeatherTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Scorched Earth
Chocolate Brown vs Doom Death BlackTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Scorched Earth equivalents · Chocolate Brown equivalents