What is the difference between Golden Highlight and Pale Sand?

ΔE 8 (close). Pale Sand is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Golden Highlight vs Pale Sand

Golden Highlight

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09093
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e6bc8c (estimate)

Pale Sand

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.837
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dbb779 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Sand is more saturated, cooler than Golden Highlight.

Can I use Pale Sand instead of Golden Highlight?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pale Sand is more saturated, cooler than Golden Highlight.

Can I use Golden Highlight instead of Pale Sand?

The same difference applies the other way round: Golden Highlight is more muted, 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 Golden Highlight on the colour wheel See Pale Sand on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Golden Highlight

Golden Highlight vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Pale Sand
Golden Highlight vs Khaki (72.061)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pale Sand
Golden Highlight vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Reaper paints close to Pale Sand

Pale Sand vs Yellowed Bone (09143)Master Series Paints · ΔE 10, fair
Pale Sand vs Buckskin Pale (09075)Master Series Paints · ΔE 10, fair
Pale Sand vs Fair Shadow (09046)Master Series Paints · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Golden Highlight equivalents · Pale Sand equivalents