Paint Equivalents

Brown 4

Warcolours · Layer paints

#5D4239 · L*30.7 a*10.3 b*10.1

The closest match to Warcolours Brown 4 in every other range, nearest first.

Warcolours Brown 4 is a dark, muted red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Decayed Metal at ΔE 1.2. 9 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 4?

Scale75 Decayed Metal is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Brown 4 in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Gorthor Brown (ΔE 1.7) and The Army Painter Satchel Brown (ΔE 2.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Brown 4?

The nearest Vallejo paint is European Splash Mud, ΔE 2.0 — a very close substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Warcolours Brown 4 Shop Scale75 Decayed Metal Shop Scale75 Metal N Alchemy Range set

Brown 4 equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Decayed Metal Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. B Wood Artist Range ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Warcolours → Scale75 conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Gorthor Brown Layer ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. D Thondia Brown Base ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Warcolours → Citadel conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Satchel Brown Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Evil Chrome Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Warcolours → The Army Painter conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B European Splash Mud Weathering FX 73.801 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Chestnut Brown Model Color 70.746 ΔE 2.4 · very close

Full Warcolours → Vallejo conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Red Primer Light Base AFV AK128 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Tracks Surface Primer Primer (3rd Gen) AK11251 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Warcolours → AK Interactive conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Peaty Brown Paint System 61B ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. C Chestnut Shade Paint System 53A ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Warcolours → Foundry conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Mig

  1. B RLM 81 Braunviolett Acrylics AMIG0255 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Medium Brown Dark Earth (bs 450) Acrylics AMIG0070 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Warcolours → Mig conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Tan FS 30219 MMP-060 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D NATO Brown MMP-033 ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full Warcolours → Mission Models conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Druid Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Spartan Bronze Wave 1 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Warcolours → Duncan conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Golden

  1. B Burnt Umber Light Fluid 2035 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Vandyke Brown Hue OPEN Acrylics 7462 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Warcolours → Golden conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Tom Color

  1. C Rusted Umber TC-0248 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Leather Brown TC-0152 ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Warcolours → Tom Color conversion chart

Brown 4 equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. C Chesnut Brown Military Range 219 ΔE 3.9 · close
  2. C Hairy Brown Fantasy Range 120 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Warcolours → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Brown 4 in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Monument #674137 Dark Flesh Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.9
FolkArt #65403A Barnyard Red Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.1
Kimera Kolors #6B4842 Oxide Brown Medium Expansion Set 1 ΔE 4.4
Tamiya #4F3733 Red brown 2 Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.6
Mr. Paint #503429 Pc-12 Mr Paint ΔE 4.7
Mr. Hobby #4E3C33 Black Brown Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 4.7
P3 #503528 Deathless Metal Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.8
Arteza #663D34 Burnt Umber Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.9
Liquitex #523531 Muted Pink Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.9
Reaper #663B2B Mwangi Brown Master Series Paints Pathfinder ΔE 5.9
Revell #583E41 Leather Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 6.3
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.7
Apple Barrel #4F3220 Milk Chocolate Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.8
Humbrol #77513C Chocolate Acrylics - Matt ΔE 8.1
Creature #663820 Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 8.3
Green Stuff World #4C361F Elfwood Brown Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 9.1
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 9.6
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 11.0

Nearest colours inside Warcolours

  1. D Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints ΔE 9.9 · similar
  2. E Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 11.8 · far
  3. E Metallic Black Copper Metallic paints ΔE 12.3 · far
  4. E Brown 5 Layer paints ΔE 12.4 · far
  5. E Brown 3 Layer paints ΔE 12.7 · far
  6. E Cool Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 13.1 · far

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