What is the difference between Radome and Beige?

ΔE 9 (close). Beige is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Radome vs Beige

Radome

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-318
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fbca78 (estimate)

Beige

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.074
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #debc6b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Beige is a little darker, cooler than Radome.

Can I use Beige instead of Radome?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Beige is a little darker, cooler than Radome.

Can I use Radome instead of Beige?

The same difference applies the other way round: Radome is a little lighter, 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 Radome on the colour wheel See Beige on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Radome

Radome vs Fairy Flesh (74.007)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Beige
Radome vs Natural Flesh (74.006)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 10, fair
Radome vs Beige (70.917)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Beige

Beige vs Yellow FS33531 (C-313)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Radome
Beige vs Tan (C-44)Mr. Color · ΔE 13, fair
Beige vs Tan (H-27)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Radome equivalents · Beige equivalents