Smoke Ink
Vallejo · Model Color · 70.939
#5C4845 · L*32.6 a*8.0 b*5.0
The closest match to Vallejo Smoke Ink in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Smoke Ink is a dark, muted red. Nothing matches it exactly. The nearest is Golden Burnt Umber Light at ΔE 2.5 — very close. 19 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 Smoke Ink?
Golden Burnt Umber Light is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Smoke Ink in any other range, at ΔE 2.5 — a very close substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Bootstrap Brown (ΔE 2.7) and Citadel Gorthor Brown (ΔE 2.7).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Smoke Ink?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is RLM 61 / RAL 8019, ΔE 5.1 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Smoke Ink Shop Golden Burnt Umber Light (Fluid) Shop Golden Fluid set
Smoke Ink equivalent in Golden
- B Burnt Umber Light Fluid 2035 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Vandyke Brown Hue OPEN Acrylics 7462 ΔE 6.9 · similar
Smoke Ink equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Bootstrap Brown Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Onyx Skin Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.8 · close
Smoke Ink equivalent in Citadel
- B Gorthor Brown Layer ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Bloodreaver Flesh Layer ΔE 5.7 · similar
Smoke Ink equivalent in Foundry
- B Red Oxide Paint System 102B ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Peaty Brown Paint System 61B ΔE 4.1 · close
Smoke Ink equivalent in Duncan
- C Scorched Earth Wave 1 ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Druid Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Smoke Ink equivalent in Scale75
- C Wood Artist Range ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Decayed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 4.7 · close
Smoke Ink equivalent in Reaper
- C Gug Umber Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89543 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Dungeon Grey Master Series Paints Bones 9466 ΔE 4.3 · close
Smoke Ink equivalent in Warcolours
- C Brown 4 Layer paints ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Brown 5 Layer paints ΔE 9.5 · similar
Smoke Ink equivalent in Mig
- C RLM 81 Braunviolett Acrylics AMIG0255 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D US Modern Vehicles Wash Washes AMIG1007 ΔE 6.5 · similar
Smoke Ink equivalent in Tom Color
- C Rusted Umber TC-0248 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Terre Fonce TC-0148 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Smoke Ink equivalent in FolkArt
- C Real Brown Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2908 ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Burnt Umber Pure™ Artist Pigment 7244 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Smoke Ink equivalent in Revell
- D Leather Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.0 · similar
- D Brown Email Color - Silk ΔE 9.4 · similar
Smoke Ink in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | #4E3B3D | Ninjon Dark Plum Pro Signature Series | ΔE 5.1 |
| AK Interactive | #5A504E | RLM 61 / RAL 8019 Real Colors - Air | ΔE 5.1 |
| Mr. Paint | #4D3C35 | Nato Brown Mr Paint | ΔE 5.2 |
| Mr. Hobby | #4E3C33 | Black Brown Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 5.7 |
| Tamiya | #4F3733 | Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint | ΔE 5.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #6B4842 | Oxide Brown Medium Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 5.8 |
| Italeri | #4F4239 | Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.1 |
| Coat d'Arms | #543E31 | Chesnut Brown Military Range | ΔE 6.3 |
| Mission Models | #674539 | Dark Tan FS 30219 | ΔE 6.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #4A423F | Burnt Umber Colors | ΔE 6.5 |
| Liquitex | #523531 | Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.8 |
| Arteza | #663D34 | Burnt Umber Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 8.1 |
| P3 | #503528 | Deathless Metal Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 8.2 |
| Acrilex | #52483B | Sépia Paints | ΔE 8.9 |
| Green Stuff World | #3B302E | Dark Umber Acrylic Colors | ΔE 9.4 |
| Humbrol | #77513C | Chocolate Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 10.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 11.9 |
| Creature | #654B2D | Bronze Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 12.3 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- A Dark Flesh Tone Game Air ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- B Chocolate Brown Model Color ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Burned Flesh Nocturna Models ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Rust Game Color Special FX ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Armour Brown Model Air ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B NATO Brown Model Air ΔE 3.5 · very close
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