What is the difference between Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow and Barbarian Skin?

ΔE 8 (close). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow vs Barbarian Skin

Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-79
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b49154 (estimate)

Barbarian Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.071
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c09566 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow.

Can I use Barbarian Skin instead of Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow.

Can I use Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow instead of Barbarian Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow is more saturated, 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 Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow on the colour wheel See Barbarian Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow

Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow vs Desert Yellow (70.977)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Barbarian Skin

Barbarian Skin vs Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow (C-39)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close
Barbarian Skin vs Green Brown (H-402)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close
Barbarian Skin vs Dark Yellow (N-79)Acrysion · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow equivalents · Barbarian Skin equivalents