What is the difference between Deep Khaki Drill and Dark Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). Dark Yellow is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Deep Khaki Drill vs Dark Yellow

Deep Khaki Drill

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4134P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #907754 (estimate)

Dark Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.025
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #867143 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Yellow is more saturated, cooler than Deep Khaki Drill.

Can I use Dark Yellow instead of Deep Khaki Drill?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Dark Yellow is more saturated, cooler than Deep Khaki Drill.

Can I use Deep Khaki Drill instead of Dark Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Deep Khaki Drill is more muted, 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 Deep Khaki Drill on the colour wheel See Dark Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Deep Khaki Drill

Deep Khaki Drill vs Middle Stone (71.031)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Yellow
Deep Khaki Drill vs Sand Yellow RLM79 (71.278)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Yellow
Deep Khaki Drill vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Yellow

Other Army Painter paints close to Dark Yellow

Dark Yellow vs Desert YellowWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Deep Khaki Drill
Dark Yellow vs Desert YellowWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Deep Khaki Drill
Dark Yellow vs Prairie OchreWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Deep Khaki Drill equivalents · Dark Yellow equivalents