What is the difference between Boot Strap Brown and Sand Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Sand Brown is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Boot Strap Brown vs Sand Brown

Boot Strap Brown

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e694f (estimate)

Sand Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.034
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #895e4e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sand Brown is a little darker, cooler than Boot Strap Brown.

Can I use Sand Brown instead of Boot Strap Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Sand Brown is a little darker, cooler than Boot Strap Brown.

Can I use Boot Strap Brown instead of Sand Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Boot Strap Brown is a little lighter, 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 Boot Strap Brown on the colour wheel See Sand Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Boot Strap Brown

Boot Strap Brown vs Tan Earth (70.874)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Sand Brown
Boot Strap Brown vs Cork Brown (70.843)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Sand Brown
Boot Strap Brown vs Sand Yellow RLM79 (71.278)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Sand Brown

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Sand Brown

Sand Brown vs Paladin FleshTriads: midtones · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Boot Strap Brown
Sand Brown vs Argonaut SkinTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Boot Strap Brown
Sand Brown vs Barbarian BrawnTriads: shadows · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Boot Strap Brown

All matches: Boot Strap Brown equivalents · Sand Brown equivalents