Paint Equivalents

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745)

Vallejo · Game Air · 72.745

#4D4542 · L*30.0 a*2.8 b*3.0

The closest match to Vallejo Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo Charred Brown is a dark grey. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Apple Barrel Burnt Umber at ΔE 1.0. 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

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 Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745)?

Apple Barrel Burnt Umber is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: FolkArt Real Brown (ΔE 1.2) and Golden Raw Umber (ΔE 1.7).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745)?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is Clear Smoke, ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

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Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. A Burnt Umber Colors 20512 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. D Dark Gray Gloss™ 20366 ΔE 6.1 · similar

Full Vallejo → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Real Brown Acrylic Colors 231 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Dark Gray Acrylic Colors 426 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full Vallejo → FolkArt conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Raw Umber Fluid 2350 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C N2 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1442 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Vallejo → Golden conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A RLM 81 Variant 2 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A074 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C RLM 61 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A054 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Ground Color Mr Color 522 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Oil Aqueous Hobby Color H342 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Metallic Burnt Iron 1 MMM-001 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. D Cold Rolled Steel MMM-002 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Vallejo → Mission Models conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Red Oxide Shade Paint System 102A ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Granite Shade Paint System 31A ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Clear Smoke Real Colors - Standard RC508 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Grey Brown Figures AK3005 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Thrash Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. B Petroleum Gray Scale Color Range ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Vallejo → Scale75 conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Tin Bitz Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. B Charadon Granite Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Vallejo → Citadel conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Dungeon Grey Master Series Paints Bones 9466 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Stormy Grey Master Series Paints Core Colors 9088 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Vallejo → Reaper conversion chart

Charred Brown (Game Air, 72.745) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. C Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 5.0 · close

Full Vallejo → Warcolours conversion chart

Charred Brown in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Duncan #594C48 Scorched Earth Wave 1 ΔE 3.7
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.9
Monument #4B4945 Matt Cexwish Brown Grey Pro Signature Series ΔE 4.0
Tamiya #3F3B3A Metallic black Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.2
P3 #48453D Greylord Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.0
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 5.0
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 5.6
Mig #505050 Neutral Wash Washes ΔE 5.6
The Army Painter #5D4D4D Bootstrap Brown Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.8
Green Stuff World #515151 Atramentum Black Wash Ink ΔE 5.8
Tom Color #4C483D Olive Green Ija ΔE 6.0
Arteza #3B3A40 Payne's Gray Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 7.3
Coat d'Arms #3E373E Dark Flesh Military Range ΔE 7.5
Revell #565246 NATO Olive Email Color - Matt ΔE 7.5
Liquitex #343434 Muted Grey Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.7
Humbrol #41444B Dark Grey Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.7
Creature #484D51 Dark Warm Grey Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.1
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 11.5

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. A Chipping Brown Mecha Color ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Dark Rust Panzer Aces ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  3. A Dark Sea Green Model Color ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  4. B Greasy Black Xpress Color ΔE 2.1 · very close
  5. B Dark Brown RLM61 Model Air ΔE 2.2 · very close
  6. B Candy Black Premium Airbrush Color ΔE 2.2 · very close

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