What is the difference between Averland Sunset and Sand Yellow?

ΔE 17 (loose). Sand Yellow is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Averland Sunset vs Sand Yellow

Averland Sunset

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f0a81c (estimate)

Sand Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.916
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e3b844 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 17.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Sand Yellow is much more muted, cooler than Averland Sunset.

Can I use Sand Yellow instead of Averland Sunset?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Sand Yellow is much more muted, cooler than Averland Sunset.

Can I use Averland Sunset instead of Sand Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Averland Sunset is much 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 Averland Sunset on the colour wheel See Sand Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Averland Sunset

Averland Sunset vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Sand Yellow
Averland Sunset vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Sand Yellow
Averland Sunset vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sand Yellow

Other Citadel paints close to Sand Yellow

Sand Yellow vs Golden GriffonColour: Dry · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Averland Sunset
Sand Yellow vs Zamesi DesertColour: Layer · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Averland Sunset
Sand Yellow vs Averland SunsetColour: Base · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Averland Sunset equivalents · Sand Yellow equivalents