Japanese Brown
AK Interactive · Standard (3rd Gen) · AK11123
#966D1B · L*48.9 a*8.7 b*48.6
The closest match to AK Interactive Japanese Brown in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Japanese Brown is a mid-toned, saturated orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tom Color Japan Uniform Base at ΔE 1.3. 17 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Japanese Brown?
Tom Color Japan Uniform Base is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Japanese Brown in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Kimera Kolors Dark Ochre (ΔE 1.8) and Green Stuff World Mustard Yellow (ΔE 2.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Japanese Brown?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Military Yellow, ΔE 4.0 — a close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Japanese Brown Shop Tom Color Japan Uniform Base
Japanese Brown equivalent in Tom Color
- A Japan Uniform Base TC-0230 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- D Middlestone Raf TC-0113 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Japanese Brown equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- A Dark Ochre Expansion Set 1 PBR 48 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- D Golden Brown Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 8.2 · similar
Japanese Brown equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Mustard Yellow Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Misted Yellow Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.9 · close
Japanese Brown equivalent in Reaper
- B Green Ochre Master Series Paints Core Colors 9128 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C NMM Gold Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9301 ΔE 4.1 · close
Japanese Brown equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Golden Sunset Colors 21186 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- E Crushed Curry Gloss™ 20265E ΔE 10.7 · far
Japanese Brown equivalent in Humbrol
- B Khaki Acrylics - Matt 26 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- E Natural Wood Acrylics - Matt 110 ΔE 12.5 · far
Japanese Brown equivalent in FolkArt
- C Starlight Gold Acrylic Colors 6467 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Yellow Ochre Pure™ Artist Pigment 6389 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Japanese Brown equivalent in Citadel
- C Tallarn Sand Air ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Snakebite Leather Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 7.2 · similar
Japanese Brown equivalent in Foundry
- C Deep Brown Leather Light Paint System 45C ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Palomino Shade Paint System 56A ΔE 4.2 · close
Japanese Brown equivalent in Scale75
- C Cokum Copper Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Yellow Ocre Artist Range ΔE 4.4 · close
Japanese Brown equivalent in Vallejo
- C Military Yellow Xpress Color 72.453 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Military Yellow Model Color 70.764 ΔE 4.7 · close
Japanese Brown equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Hoplite Gold Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Glittering Loot Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Japanese Brown in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquitex | #8C6931 | Iridescent Rich Gold Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.7 |
| Mr. Paint | #856D25 | Gold Mr Paint | ΔE 5.7 |
| Mig | #816116 | Old Brass Acrylics | ΔE 5.9 |
| Coat d'Arms | #9A7C33 | Mid Stone World War II Range | ΔE 6.1 |
| Italeri | #AA7D2C | Brass Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.5 |
| Mission Models | #7E6219 | Sand Merdec | ΔE 6.6 |
| Golden | #AF791B | Nickel Azo Yellow Fluid | ΔE 6.7 |
| P3 | #A56A28 | Bloodtracker Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.9 |
| Tamiya | #826636 | Brown (JGSDF) Spray | ΔE 7.4 |
| Monument | #AE7F31 | Yellow Ochre Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Revell | #8C673B | Dark Earth (RAF) Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.6 |
| Mr. Hobby | #9F8237 | Khaki Brown Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 8.1 |
| Acrilex | #B68031 | Caramelo Paints | ΔE 9.1 |
| Warcolours | #B87F18 | Ochre 5 Layer paints | ΔE 9.2 |
| Creature | #967E51 | Light Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 9.5 |
| Arteza | #B88247 | Raw Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 11.2 |
| Duncan | #776742 | Ancient Gold Wave 3 | ΔE 11.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 16.2 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- B Desert Uniform Base Figures (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Erdgelb – Earth Yellow RAL 8002 Real Colors - WWII ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B US Field Drab -23- Figures ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Golden Sand / Desert Uniform Base -10- Figures ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Gold Metallic (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.8 · close
- C British Uniform Lights Figures (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.9 · close
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