Paint Equivalents

Gorthor Brown

Citadel · Layer

#5F463F · L*32.2 a*9.6 b*8.4

The closest match to Citadel Gorthor Brown in every other range, nearest first.

Citadel Gorthor Brown is a dark, muted red. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Warcolours Brown 4 at ΔE 1.7. 14 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 Citadel Gorthor Brown?

Warcolours Brown 4 is the closest equivalent to Citadel Gorthor Brown in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Golden Burnt Umber Light (ΔE 1.8) and Scale75 Wood (ΔE 1.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Gorthor Brown?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Chocolate Brown, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Gorthor Brown equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Brown 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. E Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints ΔE 10.8 · far

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Gorthor Brown equivalent in Golden

  1. A Burnt Umber Light Fluid 2035 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. D Vandyke Brown Hue OPEN Acrylics 7462 ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Citadel → Golden conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Wood Artist Range ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Decayed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 2.4 · very close

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Gorthor Brown equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Chocolate Brown Model Color 70.872 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B European Splash Mud Weathering FX 73.801 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Citadel → Vallejo conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Peaty Brown Paint System 61B ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Red Oxide Paint System 102B ΔE 4.9 · close

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Gorthor Brown equivalent in Mig

  1. B RLM 81 Braunviolett Acrylics AMIG0255 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. D Brown Soil Acrylics AMIG0076 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full Citadel → Mig conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Red Primer Light Base AFV AK128 ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C Dark Wood Grain General AK780 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Citadel → AK Interactive conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Satchel Brown Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Evil Chrome Warpaints Air ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Citadel → The Army Painter conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in Mission Models

  1. C Dark Tan FS 30219 MMP-060 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. D NATO Brown MMP-033 ΔE 7.1 · similar

Full Citadel → Mission Models conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Rusted Umber TC-0248 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. C Terre Fonce TC-0148 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Citadel → Tom Color conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Druid Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. C Spartan Bronze Wave 1 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Citadel → Duncan conversion chart

Gorthor Brown equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. C Oxide Brown Medium Expansion Set 1 PBR 11 Medium ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 PBR 11 Dark ΔE 6.7 · similar

Gorthor Brown in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #6F4D43 Bark Brown Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 4.5
Monument #674137 Dark Flesh Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.7
Mr. Hobby #6F4C40 IJN Linoleum Deck Color Mr Color ΔE 4.8
Coat d'Arms #6C4C3D Hairy Brown Fantasy Range ΔE 4.8
Tamiya #4F3733 Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.2
Mr. Paint #4D3C35 Nato Brown Mr Paint ΔE 5.2
Reaper #534640 Dungeon Grey Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 5.5
Revell #583E41 Leather Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.8
Liquitex #523531 Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.8
Arteza #663D34 Burnt Umber Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.9
P3 #503528 Deathless Metal Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.4
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.5
Apple Barrel #4A423F Burnt Umber Colors ΔE 8.2
Humbrol #77513C Chocolate Acrylics - Matt ΔE 8.2
Acrilex #815547 Marrom Escuro Paints ΔE 9.3
Creature #663820 Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.7
Green Stuff World #3B302E Dark Umber Acrylic Colors ΔE 10.2
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 10.6

Nearest colours inside Citadel

  1. D Bloodreaver Flesh Layer ΔE 5.3 · similar
  2. D Scorched Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 6.5 · similar
  3. D Thondia Brown Base ΔE 6.6 · similar
  4. D Fyreslayer Flesh Contrast ΔE 6.6 · similar
  5. D Dark Flesh Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 7.1 · similar
  6. D Rhinox Hide Base ΔE 8.6 · similar

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