What is the difference between Sail Color and Desert Tan?

ΔE 9 (close). Desert Tan is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sail Color vs Desert Tan

Sail Color

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Acrysion
Code: N-85
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b3af74 (estimate)

Desert Tan

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 70.613
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d0bb84 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Desert Tan is a little lighter, warmer than Sail Color.

Can I use Desert Tan instead of Sail Color?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Desert Tan is a little lighter, warmer than Sail Color.

Can I use Sail Color instead of Desert Tan?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sail Color is a little darker, 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 Sail Color on the colour wheel See Desert Tan on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sail Color

Sail Color vs UK BSC (71.288)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Desert Tan
Sail Color vs Ivory (71.075)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair
Sail Color vs Ivory RLM05 (71.106)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Desert Tan

Desert Tan vs IDF Gray 1 (-1981 Sinai) (C-528)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Sail Color
Desert Tan vs Sail Color (C-45)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close
Desert Tan vs Sail Color (H-85)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Sail Color equivalents · Desert Tan equivalents