Looking for a Brown Engine Soot equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Brown Engine Soot (Vallejo Weathering Effects) in AK Interactive Diorama Series, Citadel Colour, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Vallejo Model Wash, Army Painter Warpaints, Army Painter Fanatic, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Model Color, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Xpress Color, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Game Color Effects, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
Closest match in each brand
Overall closest colors
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Create your free guideMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.