What is the difference between Cork Brown and US Desert Sand?

ΔE 8 (close). US Desert Sand is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cork Brown vs US Desert Sand

Cork Brown

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #906f61 (estimate)

US Desert Sand

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.140
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9c8273 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Desert Sand is a little lighter, warmer than Cork Brown.

Can I use US Desert Sand instead of Cork Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). US Desert Sand is a little lighter, warmer than Cork Brown.

Can I use Cork Brown instead of US Desert Sand?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cork Brown 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 Cork Brown on the colour wheel See US Desert Sand on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cork Brown

Cork Brown vs Tan Earth (71.079)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than US Desert Sand
Cork Brown vs Pale Brown (70.825)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than US Desert Sand
Cork Brown vs Malefic Flesh (74.012)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 7, close · closer than US Desert Sand

Other Scale75 paints close to US Desert Sand

US Desert Sand vs Rainy Gray (SC60)Scalecolor · ΔE 10, fair
US Desert Sand vs Brown Gray (SC59)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair
US Desert Sand vs Sandalwood (SC26)Scalecolor · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Cork Brown equivalents · US Desert Sand equivalents