What is the difference between Desert Yellow and Desert Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Desert Brown is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Desert Yellow vs Desert Brown

Desert Yellow

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #897440 (estimate)

Desert Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.767
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a07c50 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Desert Yellow.

Can I use Desert Brown instead of Desert Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Desert Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Desert Yellow.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Desert Brown?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Desert Yellow

Desert Yellow vs Dark Yellow (71.025)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Desert Brown
Desert Yellow vs Middle Stone (70.882)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Desert Brown
Desert Yellow vs Middle Stone (71.031)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Desert Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Desert Brown

Desert Brown vs Telogreika Ochre (WP4129P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Desert Yellow
Desert Brown vs Charred BoneWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Desert Yellow
Desert Brown vs Deep Khaki Drill (WP4134P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close · closer than Desert Yellow

All matches: Desert Yellow equivalents · Desert Brown equivalents