What is the difference between Medium Soil and Desert Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Desert Brown is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Soil vs Desert Brown

Medium Soil

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Oilbrusher
Code: A.MIG-3522
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9e875b (estimate)

Desert Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.767
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a07c50 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Brown is warmer than Medium Soil.

Can I use Desert Brown instead of Medium Soil?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Desert Brown is warmer than Medium Soil.

Can I use Medium Soil instead of Desert Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Soil is cooler.

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 Medium Soil on the colour wheel See Desert Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Soil

Medium Soil vs Light Brown (71.027)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Desert Brown
Medium Soil vs UK Light Stone (71.143)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Desert Brown
Medium Soil vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 7, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Desert Brown

Desert Brown vs Earth (A.MIG-0619)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 8, close
Desert Brown vs Rust Ochre (AMMO.F-541)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 8, close
Desert Brown vs Washable Dust (ATOM-20178)ATOM · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Medium Soil equivalents · Desert Brown equivalents