What is the difference between Tan and Khaki?

ΔE 9 (close). Khaki is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tan vs Khaki

Tan

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Mr. Color
Code: C-44
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bf9d5c (estimate)

Khaki

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.061
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cfab77 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Khaki is a little lighter, more muted than Tan.

Can I use Khaki instead of Tan?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Khaki is a little lighter, more muted than Tan.

Can I use Tan instead of Khaki?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tan is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Tan on the colour wheel See Khaki on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Tan

Tan vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Khaki
Tan vs US Interior Yellow (71.107)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Tan vs Barbarian Skin (72.071)Game Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Khaki

Khaki vs IDF Gray 1 (-1981 Sinai) (C-528)Mr. Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Tan
Khaki vs Yellow FS33531 (C-313)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Tan
Khaki vs Tan (H-27)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Tan equivalents · Khaki equivalents