What is the difference between Temple Stone and Yellow Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Yellow Brown is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Temple Stone vs Yellow Brown

Temple Stone

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9f8d7a (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 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Brown is a little darker, cooler than Temple Stone.

Can I use Yellow Brown instead of Temple Stone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Yellow Brown is a little darker, cooler than Temple Stone.

Can I use Temple Stone instead of Yellow Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Temple Stone 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 Temple Stone on the colour wheel See Yellow 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 Yellow Brown
Temple Stone vs US Desert Sand (71.140)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Brown
Temple Stone vs Sand Yellow (71.028)Model Air · ΔE 6, 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 Temple Stone
Yellow Brown vs Dragon FangTriads: shadows · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Temple Stone
Yellow Brown vs Rodent GreyTriads: highlights · ΔE 8, close · closer than Temple Stone

All matches: Temple Stone equivalents · Yellow Brown equivalents