What is the difference between Dark Yellow and Desert Yellow?

ΔE 8 (close). Desert Yellow is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Yellow vs Desert Yellow

Dark Yellow

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

Desert Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.977
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a97d44 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Yellow is a little darker, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Dark Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Desert Yellow is a little darker, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use Dark Yellow instead of Desert Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Yellow is a little lighter, 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 Desert Yellow 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 Desert Yellow
Dark Yellow vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Desert Yellow
Dark Yellow vs Barbarian Skin (72.071)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Desert Yellow

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Desert Yellow

Desert Yellow vs RLM 79 Sandy Brown (H-66)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dark Yellow
Desert Yellow vs Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow (C-39)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Desert Yellow vs Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow (H-79)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Dark Yellow equivalents · Desert Yellow equivalents