Nutmeg
FolkArt · Acrylic Colors · 944
#503017 · L*23.3 a*11.9 b*21.8
The closest match to FolkArt Nutmeg in every other range, nearest first.
FolkArt Nutmeg is a very dark, moderately saturated orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Rotbraun Red at ΔE 1.5. 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 FolkArt Nutmeg?
Scale75 Rotbraun Red is the closest equivalent to FolkArt Nutmeg in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Foundry Tan Shade (ΔE 1.7) and Vallejo Old Gold (ΔE 2.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to FolkArt Nutmeg?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Old Gold, ΔE 2.4 — a very close substitute. The full FolkArt to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop FolkArt Nutmeg Shop Scale75 Rotbraun Red Shop Scale75 Warfront Range set
Nutmeg equivalent in Scale75
- A Rotbraun Red Warfront Range ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Ss Camo Red Brown Warfront Range ΔE 3.9 · close
Nutmeg equivalent in Foundry
- A Tan Shade Paint System 14A ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- D Deep Brown Leather Shade Paint System 45A ΔE 5.0 · similar
Nutmeg equivalent in Vallejo
- B Old Gold Model Color 70.878 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Brown Engine Soot (Matt) Mecha Color 69.818 ΔE 4.4 · close
Nutmeg equivalent in Mig
- B Light Rust Wash Washes AMIG1004 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Red Primer Dark Base Primers AMIG0919 ΔE 3.5 · close
Nutmeg equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Wood Brown Military Range 218 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Magic Metal Fantasy Range 113 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Nutmeg equivalent in Tom Color
- B FS 30051 TC-0058 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Nato Brown TC-0198 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Nutmeg equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Milk Chocolate Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 44848E ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Nutmeg Brown Colors 20521 ΔE 4.9 · close
Nutmeg equivalent in AK Interactive
- B WWI German Red Brown Air AK2275 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Wwi French Brown AFV (3rd Gen) AK11304 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Nutmeg equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Dark Wood Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Rust Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 2.9 · very close
Nutmeg equivalent in Reaper
- B Sepia Liner Master Series Paints Core Colors 9309 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Saddle Brown Master Series Paints Bones 9428 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Nutmeg equivalent in Golden
- B Transparent Brown Iron Oxide High Flow 8562 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Burnt Umber SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6735 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Nutmeg equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Lederbraun Mr Color 520 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Brown 3606 Mr Color 517 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Nutmeg in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | #613B1F | Gore-Grunta Fur Contrast | ΔE 4.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #4C361F | Elfwood Brown Dip Dipping Inks | ΔE 4.5 |
| Mission Models | #543425 | NATO Brown | ΔE 4.5 |
| Acrilex | #47321B | Rústico Paints | ΔE 4.7 |
| Humbrol | #623319 | German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tamiya | #4D2207 | Brown Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 5.2 |
| P3 | #503528 | Deathless Metal Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.3 |
| Mr. Paint | #553123 | Chocolate Čsn 2430 Mr Paint | ΔE 5.4 |
| Creature | #663820 | Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.9 |
| Monument | #3B2313 | Ben Komets Petroleum Brown Pro Signature Series | ΔE 6.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #4B3229 | Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 7.1 |
| Arteza | #664632 | Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Liquitex | #492318 | Transparent Burnt Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.6 |
| Duncan | #644534 | Spartan Bronze Wave 1 | ΔE 7.7 |
| Warcolours | #5D4239 | Brown 4 Layer paints | ΔE 9.2 |
| Italeri | #4F4239 | Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 10.7 |
| Revell | #6C312B | Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 12.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 15.7 |
Nearest colours inside FolkArt
- B Chocolate Brown Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Teddy Bear Brown Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Copper Metallics ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Raw Sienna Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Teddy Bear Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Royal Gold Metallics ΔE 6.1 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot