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

ΔE 8 (close). Yellow Brown is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Deep Khaki Drill vs Yellow Brown

Deep Khaki Drill

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4134P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #907754 (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 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Brown is more muted, cooler than Deep Khaki Drill.

Can I use Yellow Brown instead of Deep Khaki Drill?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Yellow Brown is more muted, cooler than Deep Khaki Drill.

Can I use Deep Khaki Drill instead of Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Deep Khaki Drill is more saturated, 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 Yellow Brown 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 Yellow Brown
Deep Khaki Drill vs Sand Yellow RLM79 (71.278)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Deep Khaki Drill vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Yellow Brown

Yellow Brown vs Dusty SkullWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Deep Khaki Drill
Yellow Brown vs Light Battle Dress (WP4051P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Deep Khaki Drill
Yellow Brown vs Charred BoneWarpaints Air · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Deep Khaki Drill equivalents · Yellow Brown equivalents