What is the difference between Tombstone Yellow and Light Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Light Brown is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tombstone Yellow vs Light Brown

Tombstone Yellow

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0143
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a89968 (estimate)

Light Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.027
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a4885f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Brown is a little darker, warmer than Tombstone Yellow.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Tombstone Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Light Brown is a little darker, warmer than Tombstone Yellow.

Can I use Tombstone Yellow instead of Light Brown?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Tombstone Yellow

Tombstone Yellow vs UK Light Stone (71.143)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Light Brown
Tombstone Yellow vs Ivory (71.075)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Brown
Tombstone Yellow vs Sand Beige (71.244)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Medium Soil (A.MIG-3522)Oilbrusher · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Tombstone Yellow
Light Brown vs Dunkelgelb (ATOM-20012)ATOM · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Tombstone Yellow
Light Brown vs Sunny Skintone (AMMO.F-537)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Tombstone Yellow

All matches: Tombstone Yellow equivalents · Light Brown equivalents