Heavy Brown
Vallejo · Game Color · 72.153
#7B674E · L*44.9 a*4.1 b*17.1
The closest match to Vallejo Heavy Brown in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Heavy Brown is a dark, muted orange. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: FolkArt Country Twill, ΔE 0.8. 11 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Heavy Brown?
FolkArt Country Twill is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Heavy Brown in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Foundry Drab Butternut Shade (ΔE 2.2) and AK Interactive Reddish Grey (ΔE 2.4).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Heavy Brown?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Reddish Grey, ΔE 2.4 — a very close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
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Heavy Brown equivalent in FolkArt
- A Country Twill Acrylic Colors 602 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- B Bronze Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics 6303 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Heavy Brown equivalent in Foundry
- B Drab Butternut Shade Paint System 116A ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Bronze Barrel Shade Paint System 103A ΔE 2.5 · very close
Heavy Brown equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Reddish Grey Standard (3rd Gen) AK11017 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Merdc Sand (fs30277) AFV (3rd Gen) AK11343 ΔE 5.0 · close
Heavy Brown equivalent in Duncan
- B Dust Bowl Wave 1 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Battle Mud Wash Wave 1 ΔE 5.0 · close
Heavy Brown equivalent in Mission Models
- B Graugrun Khakibrun RAL 7008 MMP-008 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D RAF Dark Earth MMP-078 ΔE 6.3 · similar
Heavy Brown equivalent in Citadel
- B Khemri Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Aggaros Dunes Contrast ΔE 6.7 · similar
Heavy Brown equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Brown Fs30219 Mr Color 310 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Smoke Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H95 ΔE 4.8 · close
Heavy Brown equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C IDF AFV Sand Gray Mr Paint MRP-106 ΔE 3.6 · close
- C Amt-1 Light Brown Mr Paint MRP-015 ΔE 4.7 · close
Heavy Brown equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Territorial Beige Colors 20558 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Brown Oxide Colors 20511 ΔE 7.7 · similar
Heavy Brown equivalent in Tom Color
- C German Pale Brown TC-0231 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Terra TC-0211 ΔE 4.5 · close
Heavy Brown equivalent in Scale75
- C Walnut Scale Color Range ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Gobi Brown Scale Color Range ΔE 4.9 · close
Heavy Brown equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Dark Beige Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Andalusian Earth Wash Ink ΔE 4.5 · close
Heavy Brown in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Army Painter | #796352 | Werewolf Fur Warpaints | ΔE 4.2 |
| Revell | #756544 | Olive Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 4.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #7A6844 | British Khaki World War II Range | ΔE 4.3 |
| Italeri | #846954 | Dark Earth Ana 617 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Humbrol | #84664E | Dark Earth Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 4.7 |
| Monument | #78685B | Bronze Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.9 |
| Tamiya | #715A3D | Brown (JGSDF) Lacquer Paint | ΔE 5.0 |
| Mig | #70603E | 7k Russian Tan Acrylics | ΔE 5.3 |
| P3 | #6D6346 | Orgoth Bronze Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.3 |
| Reaper | #8A693C | Brown Sand Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 6.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #7D5B44 | Oxide Brown Light Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 7.2 |
| Arteza | #865F43 | Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.4 |
| Liquitex | #6F685E | Neutral Gray 5 Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 7.9 |
| Warcolours | #767269 | Warm Grey 3 Layer paints | ΔE 9.4 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 10.1 |
| Golden | #915A31 | Raw Sienna OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 11.2 |
| Acrilex | #815547 | Marrom Escuro Paints | ΔE 12.7 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- A IJA Earth Brown Model Air ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
- A Brown Mecha Color ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A US Army Tank Crew Panzer Aces ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A German Green Brown Surface Primer ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B German Beige WWII Model Color ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Camouflage Grey Green Model Air ΔE 2.1 · very close
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