What is the difference between Yellow Sand and Med. Flesh Tone?

ΔE 20 (loose). Med. Flesh Tone is noticeably darker, more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Sand vs Med. Flesh Tone

Yellow Sand

Brand: Nocturna Models
Range: N-Paint Basic
Code: NA47
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ba9e6a (estimate)

Med. Flesh Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.860
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a5713d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Med. Flesh Tone is noticeably darker, more saturated, warmer than Yellow Sand.

Can I use Med. Flesh Tone instead of Yellow Sand?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 20). Med. Flesh Tone is noticeably darker, more saturated, warmer than Yellow Sand.

Can I use Yellow Sand instead of Med. Flesh Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Sand is noticeably lighter, more muted, 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 Yellow Sand on the colour wheel See Med. Flesh Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Sand

Yellow Sand vs Khaki (72.061)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Med. Flesh Tone
Yellow Sand vs UK Light Stone (71.143)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Med. Flesh Tone
Yellow Sand vs Barbarian Skin (72.071)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Med. Flesh Tone

Other Nocturna Models paints close to Med. Flesh Tone

Med. Flesh Tone vs Leather Brown (NA44)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Sand
Med. Flesh Tone vs Desert Brown (NA46)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 20, loose · closer than Yellow Sand
Med. Flesh Tone vs Brutal Brown (NA43)N-Paint Basic · ΔE 22, loose

All matches: Yellow Sand equivalents · Med. Flesh Tone equivalents