What is the difference between Cryx Bane Highlight and IDF Sand Grey?

ΔE 6 (close). IDF Sand Grey is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cryx Bane Highlight vs IDF Sand Grey

Cryx Bane Highlight

Brand: Formula P3
Range: Formula P3
Code: 93069
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8a8b74 (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 6.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IDF Sand Grey is a little lighter, warmer than Cryx Bane Highlight.

Can I use IDF Sand Grey instead of Cryx Bane Highlight?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). IDF Sand Grey is a little lighter, warmer than Cryx Bane Highlight.

Can I use Cryx Bane Highlight instead of IDF Sand Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cryx Bane Highlight 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 Cryx Bane Highlight on the colour wheel See IDF Sand Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cryx Bane Highlight

Cryx Bane Highlight vs M495 Light Gray (71.298)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey
Cryx Bane Highlight vs Cement Grey (71.045)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IDF Sand Grey
Cryx Bane Highlight vs IJN Medium Grey (71.312)Model Air · ΔE 6, close

Other Formula P3 paints close to IDF Sand Grey

IDF Sand Grey vs Trollblood Highlight (93070)Formula P3 · ΔE 11, fair
IDF Sand Grey vs Bastion Grey (93068)Formula P3 · ΔE 15, loose
IDF Sand Grey vs Beast Hide (93056)Formula P3 · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Cryx Bane Highlight equivalents · IDF Sand Grey equivalents