Paint Equivalents

Oil Stains

Vallejo · Weathering FX · 73.813

#6E502E · L*36.5 a*8.3 b*24.8

The closest match to Vallejo Oil Stains in every other range, nearest first.

Vallejo Oil Stains is a dark, moderately saturated orange. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Mud Brown at ΔE 1.1. 12 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 Vallejo Oil Stains?

AK Interactive Mud Brown is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Oil Stains in any other range, at ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Snakebite Leather (ΔE 1.6) and Mig Khaki (ΔE 1.8).

What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Oil Stains?

The nearest AK Interactive paint is Mud Brown, ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Vallejo Oil Stains Shop AK Interactive Mud Brown Shop AK Interactive Standard (3rd Gen) set

Oil Stains equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Mud Brown Standard (3rd Gen) AK11120 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
  2. A FS 30219 Dark Tan Air AK2103 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Vallejo → AK Interactive conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Snakebite Leather Contrast ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Graveyard Earth Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Vallejo → Citadel conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Mig

  1. A Khaki Acrylics AMIG0071 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Earth Acrylics AMIG0073 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Vallejo → Mig conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in P3

  1. A Mud Rut Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Copper Pipe Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Vallejo → P3 conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Dark earth Aircraft Spray AS-22 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C NATO brown Lacquer Paint LP-59 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Tamiya conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B Dark Earth Ana 617 Mr Paint MRP-145 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C SCC No.2 Mr Paint MRP-346 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Creature

  1. B Bronze Monument Pro Acryl MPA-032 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. E Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl MPA-018 ΔE 10.0 · far

Oil Stains equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Coffee Latte Acrylic Colors 2559 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Solid Bronze Metallics 663 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Vallejo → FolkArt conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Earth Brown Aqueous Hobby Color H457 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Wood Brown Acrysion N37 ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Vallejo → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Rawhide Shade Paint System 11A ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C German Splinter Brown Light Paint System 83C ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Vallejo → Foundry conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in Italeri

  1. C Dark Earth Acrylic Paint 4303AP ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C Field Drab Acrylic Paint 4708AP ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Vallejo → Italeri conversion chart

Oil Stains equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Leather Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Hardened Leather Speedpaint Set ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Vallejo → The Army Painter conversion chart

Oil Stains in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Scale75 #6F4F36 Ss Camo Gray Brown Warfront Range ΔE 3.6
Tom Color #6E5326 FS 30118 ΔE 3.8
Reaper #785336 Earth Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.0
Duncan #755339 Noble Steed Brown Wave 2 ΔE 4.0
Monument #614529 Flameon Dark Green Brown Pro Signature Series ΔE 4.3
Green Stuff World #6E4E1B Papyrus Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 4.4
Liquitex #724623 Iridescent Rich Bronze Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.4
Mission Models #5E4D33 Rail Tie Brown ΔE 5.7
Revell #815331 Mud Brown Email Color - Gloss ΔE 5.9
Coat d'Arms #62422B Magic Metal Fantasy Range ΔE 6.3
Arteza #664632 Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 6.5
Kimera Kolors #7D5B44 Oxide Brown Light Expansion Set 1 ΔE 6.6
Humbrol #77513C Chocolate Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.7
Apple Barrel #87552C Toffee Colors ΔE 7.0
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 8.3
Golden #915A31 Raw Sienna OPEN Acrylics ΔE 9.3
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 10.7
Warcolours #5D4239 Brown 4 Layer paints ΔE 11.3

Nearest colours inside Vallejo

  1. B English Uniform Model Color ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Bronze Arte Deco ΔE 2.8 · very close
  3. B Wasteland Brown Xpress Color ΔE 2.9 · very close
  4. B Earth Game Color ΔE 2.9 · very close
  5. C Battledress Brown Xpress Color ΔE 3.7 · close
  6. C Barbarian Skin Game Air ΔE 4.2 · close

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