Paint Equivalents

Armour Brown

Vallejo · Model Air · 71.041

#524442 · L*30.2 a*5.6 b*3.4

The closest match to Vallejo Armour Brown in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo Armour Brown is a dark, muted red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Foundry Red Oxide Shade at ΔE 1.6. 16 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 range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Armour Brown?

Foundry Red Oxide Shade is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Armour Brown in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Real Brown (ΔE 1.6) and Reaper Dungeon Grey (ΔE 2.6).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Armour Brown?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is RLM 61 / RAL 8019, ΔE 4.3 — a close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Vallejo Armour Brown Shop Foundry Red Oxide Shade Shop Foundry Paint System set

Armour Brown equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Red Oxide Shade Paint System 102A ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Red Oxide Paint System 102B ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Real Brown Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2908 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Burnt Umber Pure™ Artist Pigment 7244 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Vallejo → FolkArt conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Dungeon Grey Master Series Paints Bones 9466 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Gug Umber Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89543 ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Vallejo → Reaper conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Scorched Earth Wave 1 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Cuirass Leather Wave 1 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Duncan conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Thrash Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.5 · very close
  2. C Petroleum Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Scale75 conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. C Burnt Umber Colors 20512 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. D Chocolate Sprinkle Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21982E ΔE 6.0 · similar

Full Vallejo → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Bootstrap Brown Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Obsidian Skin Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.9 · close

Full Vallejo → The Army Painter conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. C RLM 81 Variant 2 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A074 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Nato Brown Mr Paint MRP-079 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Rusted Umber TC-0248 ΔE 4.1 · close
  2. D Leather Brown TC-0152 ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full Vallejo → Tom Color conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Monument

  1. C Ninjon Dark Plum Pro Signature Series S11 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Dark Umber Pro Acrylic Paints 019 ΔE 5.3 · similar

Full Vallejo → Monument conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. C RLM 61 / RAL 8019 Real Colors - Air RC268 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. C Rlm 61 Air (3rd Gen) AK11814 ΔE 5.0 · close

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

Armour Brown equivalent in Italeri

  1. C Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint 4858AP ΔE 4.4 · close
  2. E Pz. Schokobraun RAL 8017 Acrylic Paint 4797AP ΔE 10.1 · far

Full Vallejo → Italeri conversion chart

Armour Brown in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #4A433E Raw Umber Fluid ΔE 4.7
Mr. Hobby #4E3C33 Black Brown Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.8
Citadel #473F39 Tin Bitz Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.1
Mission Models #4D4845 Metallic Burnt Iron 1 ΔE 5.1
Mig #553C37 RLM 81 Braunviolett Acrylics ΔE 5.3
Tamiya #4F3733 Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.8
Revell #583E41 Leather Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.1
Warcolours #5D4239 Brown 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.2
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 6.3
Coat d'Arms #543E31 Chesnut Brown Military Range ΔE 6.5
Green Stuff World #3B302E Dark Umber Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.9
Arteza #3E2E29 Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.4
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 7.5
Liquitex #523531 Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.6
P3 #48453D Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.3
Humbrol #433323 Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 9.6
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 10.9
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 13.4

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. A Brown Glaze Model Color ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Dark Rust Panzer Aces ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  3. A Candy Black Premium Airbrush Color ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  4. B Dark Flesh Tone Game Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
  5. B Smoke Ink Model Color ΔE 3.2 · very close
  6. B Charred Brown Game Air ΔE 3.3 · very close

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