What is the difference between Dark Beige and Ger. Yellow Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Ger. Yellow Brown is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Beige vs Ger. Yellow Brown

Dark Beige

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1854
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b5c3c (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 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Ger. Yellow Brown is more muted, cooler than Dark Beige.

Can I use Ger. Yellow Brown instead of Dark Beige?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Ger. Yellow Brown is more muted, cooler than Dark Beige.

Can I use Dark Beige instead of Ger. Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Beige is more saturated, warmer.

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 Dark Beige on the colour wheel See Ger. Yellow Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Beige

Dark Beige vs Golden Brown (71.032)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown
Dark Beige vs Brown Green (71.030)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown
Dark Beige vs New Wood (70.770)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ger. Yellow Brown

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Ger. Yellow Brown

Ger. Yellow Brown vs Gengis Khaki (1883)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dark Beige
Ger. Yellow Brown vs Coyote Brown (1856)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 14, fair
Ger. Yellow Brown vs Granite Grey (4111)Opaque Colors · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Dark Beige equivalents · Ger. Yellow Brown equivalents