Nº5 Earth Brown
AK Interactive · AFV · AK4221
#382B1B · L*18.6 a*3.4 b*12.7
The closest match to AK Interactive Nº5 Earth Brown in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Nº5 Earth Brown is a very dark, muted orange. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Mr. Hobby Smoke Gray, ΔE 1.6. 12 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 Nº5 Earth Brown?
Mr. Hobby Smoke Gray is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Nº5 Earth Brown in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Monument Matt Cexwish Dark Bronze (ΔE 2.1) and FolkArt Lemon Custard (ΔE 2.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Nº5 Earth Brown?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Olive Brown, ΔE 3.6 — a close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Nº5 Earth Brown Shop Mr. Hobby Smoke Gray (Acrysion) Shop Mr. Hobby Acrysion set
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Smoke Gray Acrysion N95 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- D Olive Drab 2314 Mr Color 518 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Monument
- B Matt Cexwish Dark Bronze Pro Signature Series S24 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D AdeptiCon Spray-Team Magnesium Pro Acrylic Primer S42 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in FolkArt
- B Lemon Custard Shiny™ 2706 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Bark Brown Acrylic Colors 2560 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Liquitex
- B Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix 333 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Transparent Burnt Umber Heavy Body Acrylix 130 ΔE 4.9 · close
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Brown Wash D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Strong Tone Warpaints Tone WP1135 ΔE 3.7 · close
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Mig
- B Brown Wash For German Dark Yellow Washes AMIG1000 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Afrika Korps Wash Washes AMIG1001 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Scale75
- B Slate Gray Warfront Range ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Titanium Gray Warfront Range ΔE 4.9 · close
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Humbrol
- B Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss 10 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Gun Metal Aerosol Sprays S53 ΔE 9.5 · similar
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Vallejo
- C Olive Brown Model Color 70.889 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Earth Game Air 76.062 ΔE 4.0 · close
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Golden
- C Vandyke Brown Hue Heavy Body 1462 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Sepia High Flow 8546 ΔE 3.9 · close
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Dark Elder Bronze Metallic Colors ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Bestial Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.2 · similar
Nº5 Earth Brown equivalent in Citadel
- C Devlan Mud Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Dryad Bark Air ΔE 8.3 · similar
Nº5 Earth Brown in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Paint | #362920 | SCC No.1a Mr Paint | ΔE 3.8 |
| P3 | #32261D | Battlefield Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.9 |
| Tamiya | #2E1F09 | Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 4.2 |
| Tom Color | #372415 | FS 30117 Earth Red | ΔE 4.3 |
| Reaper | #432E1B | Muddy Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| Acrilex | #47321B | Rústico Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Apple Barrel | #412A1A | Nutmeg Brown Colors | ΔE 5.6 |
| Foundry | #3B322D | German Splinter Brown Shade Paint System | ΔE 6.3 |
| Creature | #2F1C10 | Dark Umber Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.7 |
| Mission Models | #3B220E | Brown | ΔE 6.7 |
| Arteza | #3E2E29 | Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.1 |
| Italeri | #4F4239 | Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 8.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #543E31 | Chesnut Brown Military Range | ΔE 8.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #4B3229 | Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 8.8 |
| Duncan | #514239 | Cuirass Leather Wave 1 | ΔE 8.9 |
| Warcolours | #262624 | Transparent Black Transparent paints | ΔE 10.0 |
| Revell | #424335 | Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt | ΔE 11.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 20.4 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- B Dark Brown Figures ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Common Protective – Zo Real Colors - WWII ΔE 3.6 · close
- C RAL 8017 Schokobraun AFV ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Nato Brown RAL 8027-f9 Real Colors - AFV ΔE 4.1 · close
- C RLM 61 / RLM 81 Air ΔE 4.4 · close
- C Brown Grey Figures ΔE 4.6 · close
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