What is the difference between Tallarn Sand and Wood?

ΔE 9 (close). Wood is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tallarn Sand vs Wood

Tallarn Sand

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a87a3a (estimate)

Wood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.077
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9c6937 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Wood is a little darker, warmer than Tallarn Sand.

Can I use Wood instead of Tallarn Sand?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Wood is a little darker, warmer than Tallarn Sand.

Can I use Tallarn Sand instead of Wood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tallarn Sand is a little lighter, 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 Tallarn Sand on the colour wheel See Wood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Tallarn Sand

Tallarn Sand vs Earth (72.062)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Wood
Tallarn Sand vs Desert Yellow (70.977)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Wood
Tallarn Sand vs Ochre Brown (70.856)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Wood

Other Citadel paints close to Wood

Wood vs XV-88Colour: Base · ΔE 6, close · closer than Tallarn Sand
Wood vs Golfag BrownColour: Dry · ΔE 6, close · closer than Tallarn Sand
Wood vs Balor BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Tallarn Sand equivalents · Wood equivalents