What is the difference between Green Brown and Desert Yellow?

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

Green Brown vs Desert Yellow

Green Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-402
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 Green Brown.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Green Brown?

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

Can I use Green Brown instead of Desert Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Green Brown 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 Green Brown on the colour wheel See Desert Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Green Brown

Green Brown vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Desert Yellow
Green Brown vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Desert Yellow
Green Brown 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 Green Brown
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: Green Brown equivalents · Desert Yellow equivalents