What is the difference between Scorched Earth and Medium Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Medium Brown is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Scorched Earth vs Medium Brown

Scorched Earth

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #514d4a (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 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Brown is a little darker, more saturated than Scorched Earth.

Can I use Medium Brown instead of Scorched Earth?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Medium Brown is a little darker, more saturated than Scorched Earth.

Can I use Scorched Earth instead of Medium 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 Medium 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 Medium Brown
Scorched Earth vs US Earth Brown (71.290)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Medium Brown
Scorched Earth vs JGSD Brown (71.297)Model Air · ΔE 4, very 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 Scorched Earth
Medium Brown vs Scabbard BrownTriads: shadows · ΔE 8, close · closer than Scorched Earth
Medium Brown vs Field GreyTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close · closer than Scorched Earth

All matches: Scorched Earth equivalents · Medium Brown equivalents