What is the difference between Tombstone Yellow and Sand Beige?

ΔE 7 (close). Sand Beige is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tombstone Yellow vs Sand Beige

Tombstone Yellow

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

Sand Beige

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.244
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #aa9672 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sand Beige is more muted, warmer than Tombstone Yellow.

Can I use Sand Beige instead of Tombstone Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Sand Beige is more muted, warmer than Tombstone Yellow.

Can I use Tombstone Yellow instead of Sand Beige?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tombstone Yellow is more saturated, 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 Sand Beige 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 Sand Beige
Tombstone Yellow vs Ivory (71.075)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sand Beige
Tombstone Yellow vs Light Brown (71.027)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Sand Beige

Sand Beige vs Sunny Skintone (AMMO.F-537)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Tombstone Yellow
Sand Beige vs Dunkelgelb (ATOM-20012)ATOM · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Tombstone Yellow
Sand Beige vs IDF Sand Grey '73 (ATOM-20008)ATOM · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Tombstone Yellow

All matches: Tombstone Yellow equivalents · Sand Beige equivalents