What is the difference between Dark Earth and Loam Beige?

ΔE 9 (close). Loam Beige is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Earth vs Loam Beige

Dark Earth

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-72
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7c6f43 (estimate)

Loam Beige

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.245
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #88805c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Loam Beige is a little lighter, more muted than Dark Earth.

Can I use Loam Beige instead of Dark Earth?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Loam Beige is a little lighter, more muted than Dark Earth.

Can I use Dark Earth instead of Loam Beige?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Earth is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Earth on the colour wheel See Loam Beige on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Earth

Dark Earth vs Dark Yellow (71.025)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Loam Beige
Dark Earth vs Middle Stone (71.031)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Loam Beige
Dark Earth vs Khaki Grey (70.880)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Loam Beige

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Loam Beige

Loam Beige vs RLM 02 Gray (H-70)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Earth
Loam Beige vs RLM 02 Gray (C-60)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dark Earth
Loam Beige vs RLM 02 Gray (N-70)Acrysion · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dark Earth

All matches: Dark Earth equivalents · Loam Beige equivalents