What is the difference between Underhive Ash and IDF Sand Grey?

ΔE 7 (close). IDF Sand Grey is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Underhive Ash vs IDF Sand Grey

Underhive Ash

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

IDF Sand Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.141
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9d967c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IDF Sand Grey is a little darker, warmer than Underhive Ash.

Can I use IDF Sand Grey instead of Underhive Ash?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). IDF Sand Grey is a little darker, warmer than Underhive Ash.

Can I use Underhive Ash instead of IDF Sand Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Underhive Ash 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 Underhive Ash on the colour wheel See IDF Sand Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Underhive Ash

Underhive Ash vs IJA Grey Green (71.326)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey
Underhive Ash vs Russian AF Grey N.4 (71.346)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey
Underhive Ash vs IAF Sand (71.327)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey

Other Citadel paints close to IDF Sand Grey

IDF Sand Grey vs Rakarth FleshColour: Base · ΔE 7, close · closer than Underhive Ash
IDF Sand Grey vs Typhon AshColour: Air · ΔE 11, fair
IDF Sand Grey vs Krieg KhakiColour: Layer · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Underhive Ash equivalents · IDF Sand Grey equivalents