What is the difference between Middle Stone and Desert Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Desert Yellow is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Middle Stone vs Desert Yellow

Middle Stone

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-21
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a4843c (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 8.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Yellow is warmer than Middle Stone.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Middle Stone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Desert Yellow is warmer than Middle Stone.

Can I use Middle Stone instead of Desert Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Middle Stone is 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 Middle Stone on the colour wheel See Desert Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Middle Stone

Middle Stone vs Orange Ochre (70.824)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Desert Yellow
Middle Stone vs Green Ochre (70.914)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Desert Yellow
Middle Stone vs Japan. Unif. WWII (70.923)Model Color · ΔE 7, 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 Middle Stone
Desert Yellow vs Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow (C-39)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Middle Stone
Desert Yellow vs Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow (H-79)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Middle Stone

All matches: Middle Stone equivalents · Desert Yellow equivalents