Paint Equivalents

Brown 3

Warcolours · Layer paints

#702619 · L*26.5 a*32.0 b*25.6

The closest match to Warcolours Brown 3 in every other range, nearest first.

Warcolours Brown 3 is a dark, saturated red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Ral 8012 Rotbraun at ΔE 1.3. 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 Warcolours Brown 3?

AK Interactive Ral 8012 Rotbraun is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Brown 3 in any other range, at ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Fine Surface Primer-oxide Red (ΔE 1.5) and Golden Red Oxide (ΔE 2.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Brown 3?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Red Iron Oxide, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Warcolours Brown 3 Shop AK Interactive Ral 8012 Rotbraun Shop AK Interactive AFV (3rd Gen) set

Brown 3 equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Ral 8012 Rotbraun AFV (3rd Gen) AK11328 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Rot (rotbraun) Red (red Brown) RAL 8012 Real Colors - AFV RC067 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full Warcolours → AK Interactive conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Fine Surface Primer-oxide Red Mr Paint MRP-LPR ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Primer Red RAL 8012 Mr Paint MRP-033 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect

Full Warcolours → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in Golden

  1. B Red Oxide SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6720 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Transparent Brown Iron Oxide Heavy Body 1383 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Warcolours → Golden conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Red Iron Oxide Arte Deco 85.040 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Brandywine Arte Deco 85.042 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Full Warcolours → Vallejo conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Kobold Red D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Molten Orange Warpaints Air ΔE 3.7 · close

Full Warcolours → The Army Painter conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. B Royal Brown Expansion Set 1 PBR 25 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. E Oxide Brown Medium Expansion Set 1 PBR 11 Medium ΔE 12.2 · far

Brown 3 equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Demon Brown Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Rage Brown Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.6 · close

Full Warcolours → Scale75 conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Red Oxide German WWII RAL 3009 MMP-013 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. B Red Oxide Primer Primer MMS-004 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Warcolours → Mission Models conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Bay Brown Paint System 42B ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Teracotta Paint System 37B ΔE 4.4 · close

Full Warcolours → Foundry conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in P3

  1. B Sanguine Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Sanguine Shadow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.1 · similar

Full Warcolours → P3 conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Pueblo Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2902E ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Toasted Terra Cotta Acrylic Colors 99254 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Warcolours → FolkArt conversion chart

Brown 3 equivalent in Monument

  1. C Burnt Orange Pro Acrylic Paints 037 ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Burnt Red Pro Acrylic Paints 008 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Warcolours → Monument conversion chart

Brown 3 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Reaper #812B1A Kobold Scale Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 3.8
Creature #801C15 Burnt Red Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 3.9
Mig #6B321E Red Brown Base Acrylics ΔE 4.4
Tamiya #672622 Bronze Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 4.4
Tom Color #673222 Oxide Brown ΔE 4.6
Green Stuff World #882A1E Primer Red Matt Surface ΔE 5.0
Apple Barrel #5C1B15 Barn Red Colors ΔE 5.0
Citadel #73372D Beaten Copper Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.1
Duncan #6A342A Red Rage Wave 3 ΔE 5.1
Revell #6C312B Reddish Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 5.1
Arteza #863625 Burnt Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.6
Italeri #823430 Rust Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.3
Liquitex #7D1E26 Cadmium-free Red Deep Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.7
Mr. Hobby #81292D Russet Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 6.9
Humbrol #623319 German Camouflage Red Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.7
Coat d'Arms #79493D Red Brown World War II Range ΔE 10.2
Acrilex #99373C Cereja Paints ΔE 11.3
Turbo Dork #9E4C3F Life On Mars ΔE 13.2

Nearest colours inside Warcolours

  1. D Red 4 Layer paints ΔE 5.7 · similar
  2. D Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints ΔE 5.9 · similar
  3. D Metallic Black Copper Metallic paints ΔE 8.4 · similar
  4. E Brown 2 Layer paints ΔE 10.1 · far
  5. E Red 3 Layer paints ΔE 11.0 · far
  6. E Vermilion Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 11.3 · far

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