What is the difference between Temple Stone and Pale Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Pale Brown is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Temple Stone vs Pale Brown

Temple Stone

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9f8d7a (estimate)

Pale Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.825
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #937a6e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Brown is a little darker, warmer than Temple Stone.

Can I use Pale Brown instead of Temple Stone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pale Brown is a little darker, warmer than Temple Stone.

Can I use Temple Stone instead of Pale Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Temple Stone is a little lighter, 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 Temple Stone on the colour wheel See Pale Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Temple Stone

Temple Stone vs US Desert Arm. (71.122)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Pale Brown
Temple Stone vs US Desert Sand (71.140)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Brown
Temple Stone vs Sand Yellow (71.028)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Pale Brown

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Pale Brown

Pale Brown vs SandstoneTriads: midtones · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Temple Stone
Pale Brown vs Wasteland BrownTriads: highlights · ΔE 7, close · closer than Temple Stone
Pale Brown vs Griffon ClawTriads: shadows · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Temple Stone equivalents · Pale Brown equivalents