Brown

Brown, the mixture of red and black, which forms numerous nuances when blue and yellow are added. The most important brown pigments are: sepia, asphalt, soot, terra di sienna, umber, Kassel brown, Cologne earth, bistre, certain nuances of Englisch red and ochre and certain coal tar dyes. Brown colours are primarily created through mixtures. Cf. Bay (Horse).

Single Pigment Colours

A small overview of brown (PBr) single pigment colours suitable for miniatures, models, and dioramas.

• Green Earth
  • Natural Green Earth (PBr 7, semi-transparent), PRIMAcryl 13.571
• Naples Yellow dark (PBr 24, opaque), PRIMAcryl 13.673
• Burnt Siena (PR 101, semi-opaque), PRIMAcryl 13.679
• Madder Brown (PR 206, translucent), PRIMAcryl 13.681
• Oxide Brown Glaze (PR 101, transparent), PRIMAcryl 13.682
• Iron Oxide Brown (PBr 6, opaque), PRIMAcryl 13.683
• Natural Burnt Umber (PBr 7, semi-opaque), PRIMAcryl 13.684

Mixed Pigment Colours

• Dupli-Color Deco Matt Acrylic »Chocolate Brown« Undercoat for Miniatures
• S.C.C. № 2 Brown
  • S.C.C. No. 2 Brown, AK Real Colors RC035
  • Brown Bess, Humbrol MC6
• Yellow Brown RAL 8000
  • Yellow Brown RAL 8000, DAK 1941, Tamiya XF-92
• Red Brown RAL 8017
  • Chocolate Brown, Gunze H406
  • Red Brown 2, Tamiya XF-90
  • Armour Brown RAL 8017, Vallejo Model Air 71.041
• Brown RAL 8020
  • Africa Brown, Revell 361.17
  • Brown RAL 8020, DAK 1942, Tamiya XF-93
• Leather Brown RAL 8027
  • Leather Brown, matt, Revell 361.84
• Terracotta, Akademie Acryl 23.663
• Service Brown, Humbrol 10
• Dark Earth, Humbrol 29
• Chocolate, Humbrol 98
• Natural Wood, Humbrol MC24
• Hardened Leather, Humbrol MC27
• Dark Brown, Kreul 75.209
• Chocolate Brown, Kreul 75.274
• Military Medium Brown, Polly Scale 500065
• Earth Brown RAAF (FS 30099), Polly Scale 505244
• Natural Umber (PBr 7, PY 43, semi-translucent), PRIMAcryl 13.677
• Siena (PY 42, PR 101, semi-opaque), PRIMAcryl 13.678
• Vandyck Brown (PR 101, PBk 7, semi-translucent), PRIMAcryl 13.685
• Flat Earth, Tamiya XF-52
• NATO Brown, Tamiya XF-68
• Mud Brown, Vallejo 71.037

Source: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, 6. Auflage 1905–1909

Model Paints