What is the difference between Light Brown and US Earth Yellow?

ΔE 8 (close). US Earth Yellow is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Brown vs US Earth Yellow

Light Brown

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

US Earth Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.291
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ad8557 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Earth Yellow is more saturated than Light Brown.

Can I use US Earth Yellow instead of Light Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). US Earth Yellow is more saturated than Light Brown.

Can I use Light Brown instead of US Earth Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Brown is more muted.

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 Earth Yellow 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 Earth Yellow
Light Brown vs Light Brown (71.027)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than US Earth Yellow
Light Brown vs Desert Brown (70.767)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than US Earth Yellow

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to US Earth Yellow

US Earth Yellow vs RLM 79 Sandy Brown (H-66)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Brown
US Earth Yellow vs Khaki (C-527)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Brown
US Earth Yellow vs Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow (C-39)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Light Brown equivalents · US Earth Yellow equivalents