What is the difference between Rodent Grey and Yellow Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Yellow Brown is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Rodent Grey vs Yellow Brown

Rodent Grey

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #7b7b69 (estimate)

Yellow Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.246
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #897d62 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Brown is more saturated, warmer than Rodent Grey.

Can I use Yellow Brown instead of Rodent Grey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Yellow Brown is more saturated, warmer than Rodent Grey.

Can I use Rodent Grey instead of Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Rodent Grey is 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 Rodent Grey on the colour wheel See Yellow Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Rodent Grey

Rodent Grey vs IJN Ash Grey (71.311)Model Air · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Rodent Grey vs Stone Grey (70.884)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Rodent Grey vs UK Light Mud (71.284)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Yellow Brown

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Yellow Brown

Yellow Brown vs SandstoneTriads: midtones · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Rodent Grey
Yellow Brown vs Dragon FangTriads: shadows · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Rodent Grey
Yellow Brown vs Temple StoneTriads: highlights · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Rodent Grey equivalents · Yellow Brown equivalents