Melted Chocolate
Apple Barrel · Colors · 20258
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The closest match to Apple Barrel Melted Chocolate in every other range, nearest first.
Apple Barrel Melted Chocolate is a very dark, muted red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: FolkArt Coffee Bean, ΔE 1.6. 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 Apple Barrel Melted Chocolate?
FolkArt Coffee Bean is the closest equivalent to Apple Barrel Melted Chocolate in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Arteza Vandyke Brown (ΔE 2.2) and Liquitex Transparent Burnt Umber (ΔE 2.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Apple Barrel Melted Chocolate?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Black Grey, ΔE 3.7 — a close substitute. The full Apple Barrel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Melted Chocolate equivalent in FolkArt
- A Coffee Bean Acrylic Colors 940 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Dark Brown Acrylic Colors 416 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Arteza
- B Vandyke Brown Acrylic Premium Paints A308 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints A307 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Liquitex
- B Transparent Burnt Umber Heavy Body Acrylix 130 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Van Dyke Red Heavy Body Acrylix 392 ΔE 4.4 · close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Reaper
- B Brown Liner Master Series Paints Core Colors 9064 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Charred Brown Master Series Paints Bones 9426 ΔE 3.9 · close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Strong Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Traitor Red Warpaints Air ΔE 3.3 · very close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Brown Black Figures (3rd Gen) AK11418 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Black Grey / Bla Uniform Figures AK3006 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in P3
- B Battlefield Brown Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Immortal Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.3 · close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Vallejo
- C Black Grey Model Color 70.862 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Charred Brown Game Air 76.045 ΔE 4.4 · close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C 6k Russian Brown Mr Paint MRP-275 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C 6k Russian Brown Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A036 ΔE 3.9 · close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Golden
- C Vandyke Brown Hue Heavy Body 1462 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Burnt Umber OPEN Acrylics 7030 ΔE 4.2 · close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Tom Color
- C Leather Suit Base TC-0227 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Leather Suit Shadow TC-0309 ΔE 4.2 · close
Melted Chocolate equivalent in Mig
- C Rust Tracks Acrylics AMIG0034 ΔE 4.7 · close
- C Tracks Wash Washes AMIG1002 ΔE 4.8 · close
Melted Chocolate in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creature | #2F1C10 | Dark Umber Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.8 |
| Mission Models | #33211F | Pearl Root Beer Brown | ΔE 5.1 |
| Acrilex | #1E1B17 | Preto Paints | ΔE 5.4 |
| Monument | #261410 | Mahogany Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.4 |
| Scale75 | #3C2922 | Arbuckles Brown Fantasy & Games Range | ΔE 5.6 |
| Foundry | #2F1D1D | Peaty Brown Shade Paint System | ΔE 5.8 |
| Green Stuff World | #25221B | Barrel Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.9 |
| Humbrol | #292526 | Black Satin Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 6.1 |
| Warcolours | #1E1D1B | Warm Grey 5 Layer paints | ΔE 6.6 |
| Mr. Hobby | #1F1E1D | RLM66 Black Gray A Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 6.6 |
| Tamiya | #2E1F09 | Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 6.8 |
| Citadel | #171314 | Corvus Black Air | ΔE 7.0 |
| Italeri | #3D2624 | Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 7.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #2D2A2D | Carbon Black Pure Pigments | ΔE 7.8 |
| Revell | #252429 | Tar Black Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.7 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 9.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #000000 | Black Military Range | ΔE 10.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #5D6164 | Black Ice | ΔE 23.5 |
Nearest colours inside Apple Barrel
- B Coffee Bean Gloss™ ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Chocolate Bar Colors ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Pavement Colors ΔE 6.8 · similar
- D Camouflage Colors ΔE 7.5 · similar
- D Nutmeg Brown Colors ΔE 8.0 · similar
- D Real Brown Gloss™ ΔE 8.1 · similar
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