Ancient Forest is a mid-tone muted brown with a warm undertone. Matching it is straightforward: Humbrol Track Colour lands at 91 percent in the same finish, and 3 brands in all carry a close same-finish swap. Within the Two Thin Coats range it ladders cleanly, Cold Corpse Blue for the shadows and Boot Strap Brown for the highlights. In practice you can substitute across brands here without anyone noticing at arm's length.
Ancient Forest equivalents in other ranges
No brand clones Ancient Forest outright, but 1 range comes close enough to swap. The best candidate from each catalog:
- Closest Humbrol equivalent: Humbrol Track Colour, close enough that batch variation matters more (delta E 1.8).
- Best The Army Painter option: The Army Painter Mocca Skin, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 3.2).
- From Scale75: Scale75 Walnut, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 3.8).
- AK Interactive's closest color: AK Interactive Ija #31 Cha Kasshoku (Tea Colour), a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.4).
- Nearest in the Vallejo catalog: Vallejo Warm Grey, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.6).
- Best Tamiya option: Tamiya NATO Brown, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.3).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 1.8 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Humbrol
The Army Painter
Scale75
AK Interactive
Vallejo
Tamiya
Revell
Monument Pro Acryl
Citadel
P3 Paints
Green Stuff World
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Pairs well with
Try any paint in the scheme toolMatch difficulty
Found in 3 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Two Thin Coats Ancient Forest?
The closest same-finish match is Humbrol Track Colour at 91% color similarity.
Is there a The Army Painter equivalent of Ancient Forest?
Yes. The closest The Army Painter option is Mocca Skin at 84%, a same-finish match.
What color is Ancient Forest?
Ancient Forest is a mid-tone muted brown with a warm undertone (hex #725B52).
What do I highlight and shade Ancient Forest with?
Highlight Ancient Forest toward Boot Strap Brown and shade it down into Cold Corpse Blue, both Two Thin Coats paints in the same finish family.