Black Brown
Mr. Hobby · Aqueous Hobby Color · H462
#4E3C33 · L*27.0 a*6.4 b*8.6
The closest match to Mr. Hobby Black Brown in every other range, nearest first.
Mr. Hobby Black Brown is a dark, muted red. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Paint Nato Brown at ΔE 1.1. 10 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 Mr. Hobby Black Brown?
Mr. Paint Nato Brown is the closest equivalent to Mr. Hobby Black Brown in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Waffen Brown Grey (ΔE 1.4) and Tom Color Leather Brown (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Mr. Hobby Black Brown?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Burnt Umber, ΔE 2.4 — a very close substitute. The full Mr. Hobby to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Mr. Hobby Black Brown Shop Mr. Paint Nato Brown Shop Mr. Paint Mr Paint set
Black Brown equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Nato Brown Mr Paint MRP-079 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- B Bruno Mr Paint MRP-315 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Black Brown equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Waffen Brown Grey Figures (3rd Gen) AK11416 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Red Primer Base AFV AK127 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Black Brown equivalent in Tom Color
- A Leather Brown TC-0152 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Rusted Umber TC-0248 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Black Brown equivalent in Duncan
- A Druid Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Cuirass Leather Wave 1 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Black Brown equivalent in Vallejo
- B Burnt Umber Model Color 70.941 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B European Splash Mud Weathering FX 73.801 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Black Brown equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Chesnut Brown Military Range 219 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Magic Metal Fantasy Range 113 ΔE 7.7 · similar
Black Brown equivalent in Italeri
- B Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint 4858AP ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint 4797AP ΔE 8.3 · similar
Black Brown equivalent in Golden
- B Vandyke Brown Hue OPEN Acrylics 7462 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D N2 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1442 ΔE 5.8 · similar
Black Brown equivalent in Scale75
- C Yellow Oxide Artist Range ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Earth Green Artist Range ΔE 3.6 · close
Black Brown equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Satchel Brown Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Cypress Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 4.5 · close
Black Brown equivalent in Reaper
- C Dungeon Grey Master Series Paints Bones 9466 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Nut Brown Master Series Paints Bones 9427 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Black Brown equivalent in Foundry
- C German Splinter Brown Paint System 83B ΔE 4.3 · close
- C Peaty Brown Paint System 61B ΔE 4.4 · close
Black Brown in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #534334 | Dark iron Lacquer Paint | ΔE 4.3 |
| Mig | #553C37 | RLM 81 Braunviolett Acrylics | ΔE 4.3 |
| Kimera Kolors | #4B3229 | Oxide Brown Dark Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 4.4 |
| Monument | #423431 | Dark Umber Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.4 |
| P3 | #503528 | Deathless Metal Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.5 |
| FolkArt | #473C3A | Burnt Umber Pure™ Artist Pigment | ΔE 4.7 |
| Mission Models | #45302B | Rotbraun RAL 8017 | ΔE 4.7 |
| Warcolours | #5D4239 | Brown 4 Layer paints | ΔE 4.7 |
| Arteza | #3E2E29 | Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.1 |
| Citadel | #473F39 | Tin Bitz Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 5.2 |
| Humbrol | #433323 | Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 5.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #4A423F | Burnt Umber Colors | ΔE 5.6 |
| Liquitex | #523531 | Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.2 |
| Green Stuff World | #3B302E | Dark Umber Acrylic Colors | ΔE 6.3 |
| Acrilex | #52483B | Sépia Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Revell | #583E41 | Leather Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.0 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 14.2 |
Nearest colours inside Mr. Hobby
- C Brown 3606 Mr Color ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Lederbraun Mr Color ΔE 6.3 · similar
- D Smoke Gray Acrysion ΔE 6.6 · similar
- D Mud Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 7.0 · similar
- D Mahogany Acrysion ΔE 7.7 · similar
- D Ground Color Mr Color ΔE 7.7 · similar
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