What is the difference between Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow and Barbarian Skin?

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

Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow vs Barbarian Skin

Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-39
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 Sandy Yellow.

Can I use Barbarian Skin instead of Dark Yellow Sandy 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 Sandy Yellow.

Can I use Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow instead of Barbarian Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Yellow Sandy 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 Sandy Yellow on the colour wheel See Barbarian Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow

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

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Barbarian Skin

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
Barbarian Skin vs Dark Yellow (N-79)Acrysion · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow equivalents · Barbarian Skin equivalents