What is the difference between Zimmerit and Yellow Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Yellow Brown is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Zimmerit vs Yellow Brown

Zimmerit

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20144
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9d8b71 (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 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Brown is a little darker, cooler than Zimmerit.

Can I use Yellow Brown instead of Zimmerit?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Yellow Brown is a little darker, cooler than Zimmerit.

Can I use Zimmerit instead of Yellow Brown?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Zimmerit

Zimmerit vs US Desert Arm. (71.122)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Zimmerit vs Sand Yellow (71.028)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Zimmerit vs Desert Tan (70.765)Model Color · ΔE 6, 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 Zimmerit
Yellow Brown vs Dust (ATOM-20143)ATOM · ΔE 7, close
Yellow Brown vs Light Brown (AMMO.F-531)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Zimmerit equivalents · Yellow Brown equivalents