What is the difference between Light Brown and US Desert Arm.?

ΔE 10 (close). US Desert Arm. is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Brown vs US Desert Arm.

Light Brown

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-321
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a88665 (estimate)

US Desert Arm.

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.122
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a09076 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Desert Arm. is more muted, cooler than Light Brown.

Can I use US Desert Arm. instead of Light Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). US Desert Arm. is more muted, cooler than Light Brown.

Can I use Light Brown instead of US Desert Arm.?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Brown is more saturated, warmer.

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 Light Brown on the colour wheel See US Desert Arm. on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than US Desert Arm.
Light Brown vs Light Brown (71.027)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than US Desert Arm.
Light Brown vs Desert Brown (70.767)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than US Desert Arm.

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to US Desert Arm.

US Desert Arm. vs RLM 02 Gray (C-60)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Brown
US Desert Arm. vs RLM 02 Gray (N-70)Acrysion · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Brown
US Desert Arm. vs Light Aircraft Gray BS381C 627 (C-332)Mr. Color · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Light Brown equivalents · US Desert Arm. equivalents