What is the difference between Earth and Sand Yellow RLM79?

ΔE 8 (close). Sand Yellow RLM79 is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Earth vs Sand Yellow RLM79

Earth

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Dio Drybrush
Code: A.MIG-0619
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9e785a (estimate)

Sand Yellow RLM79

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.278
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #876b4a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sand Yellow RLM79 is a little darker, cooler than Earth.

Can I use Sand Yellow RLM79 instead of Earth?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Sand Yellow RLM79 is a little darker, cooler than Earth.

Can I use Earth instead of Sand Yellow RLM79?

The same difference applies the other way round: Earth is a little lighter, warmer.

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 Earth on the colour wheel See Sand Yellow RLM79 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Earth

Earth vs Forest Skin (74.013)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Sand Yellow RLM79
Earth vs Cork Brown (70.843)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Sand Yellow RLM79
Earth vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Sand Yellow RLM79

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Sand Yellow RLM79

Sand Yellow RLM79 vs Light Brown (AMMO.F-531)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Earth
Sand Yellow RLM79 vs Pale Earth (AMMO.F-547)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 8, close
Sand Yellow RLM79 vs British Brown (AMMO.F-545)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Earth equivalents · Sand Yellow RLM79 equivalents