What is the difference between Sandstone and Sand Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). Sand Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sandstone vs Sand Yellow

Sandstone

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

Sand Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.028
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #958368 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sand Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated than Sandstone.

Can I use Sand Yellow instead of Sandstone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Sand Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated than Sandstone.

Can I use Sandstone instead of Sand Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sandstone is a little darker, more muted.

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 Sand Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sandstone

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

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Sand Yellow

Sand Yellow vs Dragon FangTriads: shadows · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Sandstone
Sand Yellow vs Temple StoneTriads: highlights · ΔE 6, close · closer than Sandstone
Sand Yellow vs Vambrace BrownTriads: highlights · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Sandstone equivalents · Sand Yellow equivalents