What is the difference between Underhive Ash and Wooden Deck Tan?

ΔE 8 (close). Wooden Deck Tan is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Underhive Ash vs Wooden Deck Tan

Underhive Ash

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Dry
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a8a890 (estimate)

Wooden Deck Tan

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-78
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b7a786 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Wooden Deck Tan is more saturated, warmer than Underhive Ash.

Can I use Wooden Deck Tan instead of Underhive Ash?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Wooden Deck Tan is more saturated, warmer than Underhive Ash.

Can I use Underhive Ash instead of Wooden Deck Tan?

The same difference applies the other way round: Underhive Ash is more muted, 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 Underhive Ash on the colour wheel See Wooden Deck Tan on the colour wheel

Other Tamiya paints close to Underhive Ash

Underhive Ash vs Medium Sea Gray (AS-11)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 6, close · closer than Wooden Deck Tan
Underhive Ash vs Gray Green (XF-76)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 6, close · closer than Wooden Deck Tan
Underhive Ash vs Gray Green (AS-29)AS Spray (aircraft) · ΔE 6, close · closer than Wooden Deck Tan

Other Citadel paints close to Wooden Deck Tan

Wooden Deck Tan vs Ionrach SkinColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Underhive Ash
Wooden Deck Tan vs Krieg KhakiColour: Layer · ΔE 8, close
Wooden Deck Tan vs Morghast BoneColour: Base · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Underhive Ash equivalents · Wooden Deck Tan equivalents