Scorched Brown
Citadel · Foundation (discontinued)
#5A422F · L*30.1 a*7.6 b*15.6
The closest match to Citadel Scorched Brown in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Scorched Brown is a dark, muted orange. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Soft Tone at ΔE 1.7. 13 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 Scorched Brown?
The Army Painter Soft Tone is the closest equivalent to Citadel Scorched Brown in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Willow Bark (ΔE 1.7) and Monument Light Umber (ΔE 1.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Scorched Brown?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Willow Bark, ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Scorched Brown equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Soft Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Rawhide Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 3.4 · very close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Vallejo
- A Willow Bark Xpress Color 72.474 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Leather Brown Model Color 70.871 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Scorched Brown equivalent in Monument
- A Light Umber Pro Acrylic Paints 018 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Flameon Dark Green Brown Pro Signature Series S25 ΔE 3.6 · close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Reaper
- B Woodstain Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors 9160 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Basic Dirt Master Series Paints Core Colors 9245 ΔE 3.9 · close
Scorched Brown equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Dark Wood Grain General AK780 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B French Brown AFV AK4053 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Chesnut Brown Military Range 219 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Magic Metal Fantasy Range 113 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Brown 3606 Mr Color 517 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Lederbraun Mr Color 520 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Mig
- B Red Primer Dark Base Primers AMIG0919 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C RAL 7017 Dunkelbraun Acrylics AMIG0007 ΔE 3.7 · close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Scale75
- B Dubai Brown Scale Color Range ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Pale Earth Warfront Range ΔE 3.6 · close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Arteza
- C Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Pearl Paints A130 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Burnt Umber Acrylic Premium Paints A305 ΔE 9.0 · similar
Scorched Brown equivalent in Tamiya
- C Dark iron Lacquer Paint LP-54 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C NATO brown Lacquer Paint LP-59 ΔE 4.5 · close
Scorched Brown equivalent in Duncan
- C Spartan Bronze Wave 1 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Druid Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 4.5 · close
Scorched Brown in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #574632 | Shadow Skin Tone | ΔE 3.9 |
| FolkArt | #634128 | Raw Sienna Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.0 |
| Foundry | #4E3E2E | German Splinter Brown Paint System | ΔE 4.1 |
| Mr. Paint | #544025 | Khaki Green No.3 Mr Paint | ΔE 4.6 |
| Green Stuff World | #4C361F | Elfwood Brown Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 4.7 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.1 |
| P3 | #503528 | Deathless Metal Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #4F3220 | Milk Chocolate Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.5 |
| Warcolours | #5D4239 | Brown 4 Layer paints | ΔE 5.6 |
| Italeri | #4F4239 | Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #54483C | Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 6.0 |
| Mission Models | #543425 | NATO Brown | ΔE 6.0 |
| Acrilex | #47321B | Rústico Paints | ΔE 6.0 |
| Humbrol | #433323 | Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 6.4 |
| Golden | #624B44 | Burnt Umber Light Fluid | ΔE 6.8 |
| Liquitex | #403323 | Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.6 |
| Revell | #765C4D | Brown Email Color - Silk | ΔE 9.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 11.0 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- D Gore-Grunta Fur Contrast ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Gorthor Brown Layer ΔE 6.5 · similar
- D Snakebite Leather Contrast ΔE 6.6 · similar
- D Graveyard Earth Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 6.6 · similar
- D Fyreslayer Flesh Contrast ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Tin Bitz Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 8.7 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot