What is the difference between Desert Yellow and Plague Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Plague Brown is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Desert Yellow vs Plague Brown

Desert Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.063
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c7a421 (estimate)

Plague Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.039
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e0ab24 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Desert Yellow.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Desert Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Plague Brown is a little lighter, more saturated than Desert Yellow.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Desert Yellow 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 Desert Yellow on the colour wheel See Plague Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Desert Yellow

Desert Yellow vs Sand Yellow (70.916)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Desert Yellow vs Camouflage Green (72.031)Game Color · ΔE 10, fair
Desert Yellow vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Vallejo paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Desert Yellow
Plague Brown vs Sand Yellow (70.916)Model Color · ΔE 10, close
Plague Brown vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Desert Yellow equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents