What is the difference between Bard Skin and US Desert Sand?

ΔE 8 (close). US Desert Sand is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bard Skin vs US Desert Sand

Bard Skin

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a27866 (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 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Desert Sand is more muted, warmer than Bard Skin.

Can I use US Desert Sand instead of Bard Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). US Desert Sand is more muted, warmer than Bard Skin.

Can I use Bard Skin instead of US Desert Sand?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Bard Skin

Bard Skin vs Tan Earth (71.079)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than US Desert Sand
Bard Skin vs Cork Brown (70.843)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Bard Skin vs Pale Brown (70.825)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to US Desert Sand

US Desert Sand vs Temple StoneTriads: highlights · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Bard Skin
US Desert Sand vs SandstoneTriads: midtones · ΔE 6, close · closer than Bard Skin
US Desert Sand vs Griffon ClawTriads: shadows · ΔE 8, close · closer than Bard Skin

All matches: Bard Skin equivalents · US Desert Sand equivalents