What is the difference between Sandstone and Medium Grey?

ΔE 8 (close). Medium Grey is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sandstone vs Medium Grey

Sandstone

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: midtones
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #897b6a (estimate)

Medium Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.987
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #766953 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Medium Grey is a little darker, cooler than Sandstone.

Can I use Medium Grey instead of Sandstone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Medium Grey is a little darker, cooler than Sandstone.

Can I use Sandstone instead of Medium Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sandstone 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 Sandstone on the colour wheel See Medium Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sandstone

Sandstone vs Stone Grey (70.884)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Grey
Sandstone vs AMT-1 Lt. Grey. Brown (71.320)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Grey
Sandstone vs Pale Brown (70.825)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Grey

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Medium Grey

Medium Grey vs Dust BowlTriads: shadows · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Sandstone
Medium Grey vs Fury GreenTriads: shadows · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Sandstone
Medium Grey vs Wasteland BrownTriads: highlights · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sandstone

All matches: Sandstone equivalents · Medium Grey equivalents