What is the difference between Death Korps Drab and Ger. Yellow Brown?

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

Death Korps Drab vs Ger. Yellow Brown

Death Korps Drab

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5a5a3a (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 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Ger. Yellow Brown is a little lighter, warmer than Death Korps Drab.

Can I use Ger. Yellow Brown instead of Death Korps Drab?

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

Can I use Death Korps Drab instead of Ger. Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Death Korps Drab 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 Death Korps Drab on the colour wheel See Ger. Yellow Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Death Korps Drab

Death Korps Drab vs US Light Green (71.137)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown
Death Korps Drab vs Interior Green (71.010)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown
Death Korps Drab vs AMT-4 Cam. Green (71.301)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Ger. Yellow Brown

Ger. Yellow Brown vs Stormvermin FurColour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Death Korps Drab
Ger. Yellow Brown vs Hobgrot HideColour: Base · ΔE 9, close · closer than Death Korps Drab
Ger. Yellow Brown vs Sylvaneth BarkColour: Dry · ΔE 9, close · closer than Death Korps Drab

All matches: Death Korps Drab equivalents · Ger. Yellow Brown equivalents