What is the difference between Dark Yellow and Barbarian Skin?

ΔE 8 (close). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Yellow vs Barbarian Skin

Dark Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Acrysion
Code: N-79
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b49154 (estimate)

Barbarian Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.071
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c09566 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use Barbarian Skin instead of Dark Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use Dark Yellow instead of Barbarian Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Yellow is more saturated, 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 Dark Yellow on the colour wheel See Barbarian Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Yellow

Dark Yellow vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Dark Yellow vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Dark Yellow vs Desert Yellow (70.977)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Barbarian Skin

Barbarian Skin vs Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow (C-39)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Barbarian Skin vs Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow (H-79)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close
Barbarian Skin vs Green Brown (H-402)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Dark Yellow equivalents · Barbarian Skin equivalents