What is the difference between Khaki Brown and Military Yellow?

ΔE 6 (close). Military Yellow is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Khaki Brown vs Military Yellow

Khaki Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-404
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #937b38 (estimate)

Military Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.764
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #826d25 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Military Yellow is a little darker than Khaki Brown.

Can I use Military Yellow instead of Khaki Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Military Yellow is a little darker than Khaki Brown.

Can I use Khaki Brown instead of Military Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Khaki Brown is a little lighter.

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 Khaki Brown on the colour wheel See Military Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Khaki Brown

Khaki Brown vs Green Ochre (70.914)Model Color · ΔE 0, very close · closer than Military Yellow
Khaki Brown vs Orange Ochre (70.824)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Military Yellow
Khaki Brown vs Japan. Unif. WWII (70.923)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Military Yellow

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Military Yellow

Military Yellow vs Sandy Brown (C-19)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close
Military Yellow vs RLM 79 Sand Yellow (N-66)Acrysion · ΔE 6, close
Military Yellow vs Middle Stone (C-21)Mr. Color · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Khaki Brown equivalents · Military Yellow equivalents