Brown Wash
The Army Painter · D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments Wash
#352A16 · L*17.8 a*1.9 b*14.9
The closest match to The Army Painter Brown Wash in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Brown Wash is a very dark, muted orange. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Scale75 Slate Gray, ΔE 0.9. 17 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
This is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Brown Wash?
Scale75 Slate Gray is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Brown Wash in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Common Protective – Zo (ΔE 2.0) and Mr. Paint Pc-10 Late (ΔE 2.1).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Brown Wash?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Earth, ΔE 4.4 — a close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop The Army Painter Brown Wash Shop Scale75 Slate Gray Shop Scale75 Warfront Range set
Brown Wash equivalent in Scale75
- A Slate Gray Warfront Range ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- D Chesknut Ink Artist Range ΔE 6.8 · similar
Brown Wash equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Common Protective – Zo Real Colors - WWII RC070 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Nº5 Earth Brown AFV AK4221 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Brown Wash equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Pc-10 Late Mr Paint MRP-253 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Yellow Olive RAL 6014 Mr Paint MRP-208 ΔE 4.1 · close
Brown Wash equivalent in Reaper
- B Old Bronze Master Series Paints Core Colors 9197 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Swamp Green Master Series Paints Core Colors 9175 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Brown Wash equivalent in Citadel
- B Devlan Mud Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Dryad Bark Air ΔE 8.4 · similar
Brown Wash equivalent in Mig
- B Afrika Korps Wash Washes AMIG1001 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C 3b Au Basic Protector Alkidno-uretanovaya Acrylics AMIG0022 ΔE 3.6 · close
Brown Wash equivalent in Monument
- B Matt Cexwish Dark Bronze Pro Signature Series S24 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D AdeptiCon Spray-Team Magnesium Pro Acrylic Primer S42 ΔE 6.8 · similar
Brown Wash equivalent in FolkArt
- C Lemon Custard Shiny™ 2706 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Coffee Bean Acrylic Colors 940 ΔE 7.4 · similar
Brown Wash equivalent in Liquitex
- C Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix 333 ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Transparent Burnt Umber Heavy Body Acrylix 130 ΔE 7.0 · similar
Brown Wash equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Olive Drab 2314 Mr Color 518 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Smoke Gray Acrysion N95 ΔE 4.2 · close
Brown Wash equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Dark Elder Bronze Metallic Colors ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Bestial Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.4 · close
Brown Wash equivalent in Tamiya
- C Deep green Acrylics Mini Flat XF-26 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D Flat brown Acrylics Mini Flat XF-10 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Brown Wash in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallejo | #423018 | Earth Game Air | ΔE 4.4 |
| P3 | #2C281B | Cryx Green Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.0 |
| Humbrol | #433323 | Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss | ΔE 5.1 |
| Golden | #2D2A19 | Raw Umber SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Acrilex | #47321B | Rústico Paints | ΔE 6.1 |
| Apple Barrel | #3E382C | Sandstone Colors | ΔE 6.2 |
| Tom Color | #372415 | FS 30117 Earth Red | ΔE 6.4 |
| Foundry | #3F2504 | Deep Brown Leather Shade Paint System | ΔE 7.8 |
| Mission Models | #3B220E | Brown | ΔE 8.3 |
| Creature | #2F1C10 | Dark Umber Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 8.6 |
| Arteza | #2E201B | Vandyke Brown Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.4 |
| Coat d'Arms | #42412F | Dark Earth Brushscape Range | ΔE 9.6 |
| Italeri | #2D3122 | Dark Slate Grey Acrylic Paint | ΔE 9.9 |
| Duncan | #3C3936 | Doom Death Black Wave 1 | ΔE 10.2 |
| Warcolours | #262624 | Transparent Black Transparent paints | ΔE 10.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #54483C | Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 10.8 |
| Revell | #424335 | Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt | ΔE 10.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 21.7 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- B Strong Tone Warpaints Tone ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Rough Iron Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Strong Skin Wash Skin Tones Paint Set - Washes ΔE 7.2 · similar
- D Dark Wood Speedpaint Set ΔE 7.8 · similar
- D Oak Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 7.8 · similar
- D Rust Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 8.2 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot