What is the difference between Washable Dust and Desert Yellow?

ΔE 6 (close). Desert Yellow is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Washable Dust vs Desert Yellow

Washable Dust

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20178
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a7874a (estimate)

Desert Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.977
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a97d44 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Yellow is warmer than Washable Dust.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Washable Dust?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Desert Yellow is warmer than Washable Dust.

Can I use Washable Dust instead of Desert Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Washable Dust 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 Washable Dust on the colour wheel See Desert Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Washable Dust

Washable Dust vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Desert Yellow
Washable Dust vs Orange Ochre (70.824)Model Color · ΔE 7, close
Washable Dust vs Green Ochre (70.914)Model Color · ΔE 7, close

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Desert Yellow

Desert Yellow vs Desert Yellow (IONIC-0142)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 10, fair
Desert Yellow vs Summer Soil (A.MIG-3534)Oilbrusher · ΔE 11, fair
Desert Yellow vs Yellow ShadowIONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Washable Dust equivalents · Desert Yellow equivalents