What is the difference between Sulfide Ochre and Ger. Yellow Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Ger. Yellow Brown is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sulfide Ochre vs Ger. Yellow Brown

Sulfide Ochre

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #6f683e (estimate)

Ger. Yellow Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.272
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #746445 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Ger. Yellow Brown is more muted, warmer than Sulfide Ochre.

Can I use Ger. Yellow Brown instead of Sulfide Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Ger. Yellow Brown is more muted, warmer than Sulfide Ochre.

Can I use Sulfide Ochre instead of Ger. Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sulfide Ochre is more saturated, 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 Sulfide Ochre on the colour wheel See Ger. Yellow Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sulfide Ochre

Sulfide Ochre vs Ochre (71.081)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown
Sulfide Ochre vs Khaki Grey (70.880)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown
Sulfide Ochre vs Green Yellow (70.881)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Ger. Yellow Brown

Ger. Yellow Brown vs Dark Mustard Khaki (WP4157P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sulfide Ochre
Ger. Yellow Brown vs Prairie OchreWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 7, close
Ger. Yellow Brown vs Mid Battle Dress (WP4054P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Sulfide Ochre equivalents · Ger. Yellow Brown equivalents