What is the difference between Skeleton Brown and Military Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Military Yellow is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skeleton Brown vs Military Yellow

Skeleton Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4225
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #53432a (estimate)

Military Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.453
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #604023 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Military Yellow is more saturated, warmer than Skeleton Brown.

Can I use Military Yellow instead of Skeleton Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Military Yellow is more saturated, warmer than Skeleton Brown.

Can I use Skeleton Brown instead of Military Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skeleton Brown 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 Skeleton Brown on the colour wheel See Military Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Skeleton Brown

Skeleton Brown vs Wasteland Brown (72.420)Xpress Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Military Yellow
Skeleton Brown vs Camouflage Green (72.467)Xpress Color · ΔE 9, close
Skeleton Brown vs Rotten Flesh (72.452)Xpress Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Military Yellow

Military Yellow vs Elfwood Brown (4224)Dipping Inks · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skeleton Brown
Military Yellow vs Amberglow (4232)Dipping Inks · ΔE 11, fair
Military Yellow vs Papyrus (4214)Dipping Inks · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Skeleton Brown equivalents · Military Yellow equivalents