Sepia
Warcolours · Inks for Shading and Glazing
#8B4201 · L*36.7 a*27.7 b*46.7
The closest match to Warcolours Sepia in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Sepia is a dark, saturated orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Foundry Chestnut at ΔE 1.8. 22 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
This is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Sepia?
Foundry Chestnut is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Sepia in any other range, at ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Harvest Brown (ΔE 2.0) and Green Stuff World Radiant Orange Dip (ΔE 2.1).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Sepia?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Rust, ΔE 5.1 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Warcolours Sepia Shop Foundry Chestnut Shop Foundry Paint System set
Sepia equivalent in Foundry
- A Chestnut Paint System 53B ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Bay Brown Light Paint System 42C ΔE 2.4 · very close
Sepia equivalent in Reaper
- A Harvest Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors 9200 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Intense Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors 9138 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Sepia equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Radiant Orange Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D Quicksand Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.3 · similar
Sepia equivalent in Citadel
- B Skrag Brown Layer ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D Gryphonne Sepia Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 5.2 · similar
Sepia equivalent in P3
- B Bronze Badge Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Bloodstone Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 7.4 · similar
Sepia equivalent in Tamiya
- C Metallic brown Acrylics Mini Gloss X-34 ΔE 4.3 · close
- D NATO brown Acrylics Mini Flat XF-68 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Sepia equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Hardened Leather Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Sepia Tone Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 6.0 · similar
Sepia equivalent in Mission Models
- C Earth Red Brown Merdec FS 30117 MMP-130 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Russian 6k FS 30117 MMP-027 ΔE 7.5 · similar
Sepia equivalent in Vallejo
- D Light Rust Panzer Aces 70.301 ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Sepia Wash Game Color Wash 73.300 ΔE 6.8 · similar
Sepia equivalent in Scale75
- D Rotbraun 44 Warfront Range ΔE 5.1 · similar
- D Inktense Chesnut Inktensity Range ΔE 5.1 · similar
Sepia equivalent in AK Interactive
- D Rusty Brass Metallic (3rd Gen) AK11195 ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Deep Brown Intense (3rd Gen) AK11102 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Sepia equivalent in Mig
- D Red Primer High Lights Primers AMIG0922 ΔE 6.0 · similar
- D RAL 8012 Rotbraun Acrylics AMIG0014 ΔE 6.8 · similar
Sepia in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimera Kolors | #9A5622 | Mars Orange Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 6.5 |
| Humbrol | #A44F18 | Copper Acrylics - Metallics | ΔE 6.6 |
| Creature | #9E5423 | Copper Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.7 |
| Mr. Paint | #73440C | Olive Brown RAL 8008 Mr Paint | ΔE 6.8 |
| FolkArt | #974A27 | Pueblo Acrylic Colors | ΔE 7.0 |
| Mr. Hobby | #975829 | Brass Mr Metal Color | ΔE 7.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #87552C | Toffee Colors | ΔE 7.2 |
| Liquitex | #9B5A20 | Transparent Raw Sienna Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.7 |
| Golden | #915A31 | Raw Sienna OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 8.2 |
| Revell | #815331 | Mud Brown Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 8.2 |
| Monument | #804C31 | AdeptiCon Spray-Team Orange Oxide Pro Acrylic Primer | ΔE 8.5 |
| Duncan | #755339 | Noble Steed Brown Wave 2 | ΔE 11.4 |
| Italeri | #855F30 | Earth Red Acrylic Paint | ΔE 11.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #8B5D43 | Barbarian Leather Fantasy Range | ΔE 11.5 |
| Arteza | #863625 | Burnt Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 11.9 |
| Tom Color | #825F3F | FS 30219 | ΔE 12.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #805D49 | Death By | ΔE 13.6 |
| Acrilex | #815547 | Marrom Escuro Paints | ΔE 13.9 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- D Metallic Copper Metallic paints ΔE 9.5 · similar
- E Metallic Dark Copper Metallic paints ΔE 11.4 · far
- E Brown 2 Layer paints ΔE 12.3 · far
- E Brown 3 Layer paints ΔE 14.7 · far
- E Vermilion Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 14.8 · far
- E Burnt Sienna Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 15.4 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot