What is the difference between Light Battle Dress and Yellow Brown?

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

Light Battle Dress vs Yellow Brown

Light Battle Dress

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4051P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9d8f70 (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 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Brown is a little darker than Light Battle Dress.

Can I use Yellow Brown instead of Light Battle Dress?

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

Can I use Light Battle Dress instead of Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Battle Dress is a little lighter.

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 Light Battle Dress on the colour wheel See Yellow Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Battle Dress

Light Battle Dress vs US Desert Arm. (71.122)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Light Battle Dress vs Desert Tan (70.765)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Light Battle Dress vs IDF Sand Grey (71.141)Model Air · ΔE 5, very 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 Light Battle Dress
Yellow Brown vs Deep Khaki Drill (WP4134P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 8, close
Yellow Brown vs Charred BoneWarpaints Air · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Light Battle Dress equivalents · Yellow Brown equivalents