Paint Equivalents

Dark Umber

Creature · Monument Pro Acryl · MPA-019

#2F1C10 · L*12.4 a*7.7 b*11.6

The closest match to Creature Dark Umber in every other range, nearest first.

Creature Dark Umber is a very dark, muted orange. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Vallejo Charred Brown, ΔE 0.5. 15 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 Creature Dark Umber?

Vallejo Charred Brown is the closest equivalent to Creature Dark Umber in any other range, at ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Apple Barrel Coffee Bean (ΔE 2.0) and Reaper Sepia Wash (ΔE 2.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Creature Dark Umber?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Charred Brown, ΔE 0.5 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Creature to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Creature Dark Umber Shop Vallejo Charred Brown (Game Air, 76.045) Shop Vallejo Game Air set

Dark Umber equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Charred Brown Game Air 76.045 ΔE 0.5 · indistinguishable
  2. C German Tank Crew Highlights Panzer Aces 70.337 ΔE 3.6 · close

Dark Umber equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Coffee Bean Gloss™ 20666 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. C Real Brown Gloss™ 20354 ΔE 4.6 · close

Dark Umber equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Sepia Wash Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash 9310 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Charred Brown Master Series Paints Bones 9426 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Dark Umber equivalent in Mig

  1. B Scc 1a (british Brown 1941-42) Acrylics AMIG0110 ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Rust Tracks Acrylics AMIG0034 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Dark Umber equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Bronze Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A019 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B 6k Russian Brown Mr Paint MRP-275 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Dark Umber equivalent in Monument

  1. B Brown Wash Pro Acrylic Wash 201 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Ben Komets Petroleum Brown Pro Signature Series S14 ΔE 3.6 · close

Dark Umber equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B FS 30117 Earth Red FS-30117 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Pelo de Lobisomem TCUP-18 ΔE 4.5 · close

Dark Umber equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Dark Wood Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Oak Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 3.2 · very close

Dark Umber equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Transparent Burnt Umber Heavy Body Acrylix 130 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Van Dyke Red Heavy Body Acrylix 392 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Dark Umber equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Chocolate (chipping) Standard (3rd Gen) AK11113 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Brown Black Figures (3rd Gen) AK11418 ΔE 4.2 · close

Dark Umber equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Coffee Bean Acrylic Colors 940 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Bark Brown Acrylic Colors 2560 ΔE 3.9 · close

Dark Umber equivalent in Arteza

  1. C Vandyke Brown Acrylic Premium Paints A308 ΔE 4.2 · close
  2. D Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints A307 ΔE 6.8 · similar

Dark Umber in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
P3 #35211C Rhok Hide Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.2
Mission Models #3B220E Brown ΔE 4.5
Scale75 #3C2922 Arbuckles Brown Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 4.9
Green Stuff World #24110A Scorched Wood Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.3
Golden #402B1A Burnt Umber SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.4
Tamiya #2E1F09 Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 5.4
Mr. Hobby #3C2D1E Smoke Gray Acrysion ΔE 6.2
Foundry #2C110A Bay Brown Shade Paint System ΔE 6.5
Citadel #432822 Wyldwood Contrast ΔE 6.7
Italeri #3D2624 Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint ΔE 7.0
Humbrol #433323 Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 7.9
Kimera Kolors #4B3229 Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 ΔE 8.0
Acrilex #47321B Rústico Paints ΔE 8.6
Warcolours #4B1C14 Metallic Black Copper Metallic paints ΔE 10.6
Duncan #533D33 Druid Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 10.8
Coat d'Arms #543E31 Chesnut Brown Military Range ΔE 11.0
Revell #252429 Tar Black Email Color - Matt ΔE 13.2
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 23.0

Nearest colours inside Creature

  1. D Mahogany Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 7.4 · similar
  2. E Brown Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 10.9 · far
  3. E Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.2 · far
  4. E Coal Black Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 13.3 · far
  5. E Black Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 13.7 · far
  6. E Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 14.2 · far

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