What is the difference between Light Brown and Yellow Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Yellow Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Brown vs Yellow Brown

Light Brown

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-531
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #80694b (estimate)

Yellow Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.246
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #897d62 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Light Brown.

Can I use Yellow Brown instead of Light Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Yellow Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Light Brown.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Brown is a little darker, more saturated, 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 Light Brown on the colour wheel See Yellow Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Sand Yellow RLM79 (71.278)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Light Brown vs Khaki Brown (71.024)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Light Brown vs Germ. Green Brown (70.606)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Yellow Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Yellow Brown

Yellow Brown vs Medium Olive Green (A.MIG-0609)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Brown
Yellow Brown vs Zimmerit (ATOM-20144)ATOM · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Brown
Yellow Brown vs Dust (ATOM-20143)ATOM · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Brown

All matches: Light Brown equivalents · Yellow Brown equivalents