What is the difference between Dust and IDF Sand Grey?

ΔE 7 (close). IDF Sand Grey is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dust vs IDF Sand Grey

Dust

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20143
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #968c69 (estimate)

IDF Sand Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.141
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9d967c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IDF Sand Grey is a little lighter, more muted than Dust.

Can I use IDF Sand Grey instead of Dust?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). IDF Sand Grey is a little lighter, more muted than Dust.

Can I use Dust instead of IDF Sand Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dust is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Dust on the colour wheel See IDF Sand Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dust

Dust vs Loam Beige (71.245)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey
Dust vs US Desert Arm. (71.122)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey
Dust vs Sand Yellow (71.028)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to IDF Sand Grey

IDF Sand Grey vs Nakajima Interior Green (ATOM-20139)ATOM · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dust
IDF Sand Grey vs Splinter Grey (AMMO.F-536)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Dust
IDF Sand Grey vs Zimmerit (ATOM-20144)ATOM · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dust

All matches: Dust equivalents · IDF Sand Grey equivalents