What is the difference between Light Brick and Desert Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Desert Yellow is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Brick vs Desert Yellow

Light Brick

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Dio Drybrush
Code: A.MIG-0626
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c59d34 (estimate)

Desert Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.063
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c7a421 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Yellow is more saturated than Light Brick.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Light Brick?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Desert Yellow is more saturated than Light Brick.

Can I use Light Brick instead of Desert Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Brick 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 Light Brick on the colour wheel See Desert Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Brick

Light Brick vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Desert Yellow
Light Brick vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Desert Yellow
Light Brick vs US Interior Yellow (71.107)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Desert Yellow

Desert Yellow vs Sandgelb RLM 79 (ATOM-20024)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair
Desert Yellow vs Pure Yellow (AMMO.F-529)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 14, fair
Desert Yellow vs Zinc Chromate Yellow (ATOM-20013)ATOM · ΔE 15, fair

All matches: Light Brick equivalents · Desert Yellow equivalents