What is the difference between Vambrace Brown and Sand Yellow?

ΔE 10 (close). Sand Yellow is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Vambrace Brown vs Sand Yellow

Vambrace Brown

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9e7760 (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 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sand Yellow is more muted, cooler than Vambrace Brown.

Can I use Sand Yellow instead of Vambrace Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Sand Yellow is more muted, cooler than Vambrace Brown.

Can I use Vambrace Brown instead of Sand Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Vambrace Brown is more saturated, 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 Vambrace Brown on the colour wheel See Sand Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Vambrace Brown

Vambrace Brown vs Tan Earth (71.079)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Sand Yellow
Vambrace Brown vs Cork Brown (70.843)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sand Yellow
Vambrace Brown vs Tan Earth (70.874)Model Color · ΔE 7, 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 Vambrace Brown
Sand Yellow vs Temple StoneTriads: highlights · ΔE 6, close · closer than Vambrace Brown
Sand Yellow vs SandstoneTriads: midtones · ΔE 7, close · closer than Vambrace Brown

All matches: Vambrace Brown equivalents · Sand Yellow equivalents