What is the difference between Middle Stone and Dark Sand?

ΔE 8 (close). Dark Sand is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Middle Stone vs Dark Sand

Middle Stone

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11124
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b39761 (estimate)

Dark Sand

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.847
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bf9d59 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Sand is more saturated than Middle Stone.

Can I use Dark Sand instead of Middle Stone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Dark Sand is more saturated than Middle Stone.

Can I use Middle Stone instead of Dark Sand?

The same difference applies the other way round: Middle Stone is more muted.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Middle Stone on the colour wheel See Dark Sand on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Middle Stone

Middle Stone vs UK Light Stone (71.143)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Sand
Middle Stone vs Barbarian Skin (72.071)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Sand
Middle Stone vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Sand

Other AK Interactive paints close to Dark Sand

Dark Sand vs Buff (AK11031)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Middle Stone
Dark Sand vs Light Stone No.61 (AK11377)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Middle Stone
Dark Sand vs RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb (Variant) (AK11320)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Middle Stone equivalents · Dark Sand equivalents