What is the difference between Mocca Skin and Brown Sand?

ΔE 10 (close). Brown Sand is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Mocca Skin vs Brown Sand

Mocca Skin

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #896b5a (estimate)

Brown Sand

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.876
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #855a44 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Brown Sand is a little darker, more saturated than Mocca Skin.

Can I use Brown Sand instead of Mocca Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Brown Sand is a little darker, more saturated than Mocca Skin.

Can I use Mocca Skin instead of Brown Sand?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mocca Skin is a little lighter, more muted.

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 Mocca Skin on the colour wheel See Brown Sand on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mocca Skin

Mocca Skin vs German Dark Yellow (70.604)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Sand
Mocca Skin vs Tan Earth (70.874)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Sand
Mocca Skin vs USAF Brown (71.125)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Sand

Other Army Painter paints close to Brown Sand

Brown Sand vs Leather BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Mocca Skin
Brown Sand vs Fur BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Mocca Skin
Brown Sand vs Cypress BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Mocca Skin equivalents · Brown Sand equivalents