Dark Sand
AK Interactive · Standard (3rd Gen) · AK11033
#E6BC56 · L*78.1 a*3.9 b*56.0
The closest match to AK Interactive Dark Sand in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Dark Sand is a light, saturated orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Bathalian Chitin at ΔE 0.4. 12 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Dark Sand?
Reaper Bathalian Chitin is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Dark Sand in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Sand Yellow (ΔE 0.9) and Mr. Paint Traffic Yellow RAL 1023 (ΔE 2.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Dark Sand?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Sand Yellow, ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Dark Sand Shop Reaper Bathalian Chitin Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set
Dark Sand equivalent in Reaper
- A Bathalian Chitin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9292 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
- B Buckskin Pale Master Series Paints Core Colors 9075 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Dark Sand equivalent in Vallejo
- A Sand Yellow Model Color 70.916 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- C Gold Arte Deco 81.122 ΔE 3.5 · close
Dark Sand equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Traffic Yellow RAL 1023 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A004 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Bianco Avorio Mr Paint MRP-307 ΔE 6.8 · similar
Dark Sand equivalent in Foundry
- B Buff Leather Paint System 7B ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Palomino Light Paint System 56C ΔE 4.6 · close
Dark Sand equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Imp Yellow Warpaints Air ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Inner Light Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.4 · close
Dark Sand equivalent in Citadel
- B Retributor Armour Base ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Retributor Armour Spray ΔE 3.1 · very close
Dark Sand equivalent in Mig
- B Warm Sand-yellow Acrylics AMIG0061 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Oil Ochre Acrylics AMIG0055 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Dark Sand equivalent in P3
- B Moldy Ochre Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Rhulic Gold Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Dark Sand equivalent in Turbo Dork
- B All That Glitters ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Gold Rush ΔE 5.2 · similar
Dark Sand equivalent in FolkArt
- C Daybreak Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 7275 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Goldenrod Acrylic Colors 2655 ΔE 4.4 · close
Dark Sand equivalent in Mission Models
- C Earth Yellow Tan Merdec FS 30257 MMP-129 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Gold MMC-003 ΔE 3.9 · close
Dark Sand equivalent in Apple Barrel
- C Dandelion Yellow Gloss™ 20646 ΔE 4.2 · close
- C King’s Gold Colors 20760 ΔE 4.6 · close
Dark Sand in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creature | #DBAC44 | Golden Brown Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.2 |
| Scale75 | #E5C76F | Tenere Yellow Scale Color Range | ΔE 4.3 |
| Mr. Hobby | #DAB86C | Dark Yellow Highlight 2 Mr Color Modulation Set | ΔE 4.3 |
| Monument | #F6C847 | Warm Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.3 |
| Golden | #F0CD71 | Naples Yellow Hue OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 4.5 |
| Arteza | #E4B463 | Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 4.6 |
| Liquitex | #F2B72B | Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.1 |
| Italeri | #EAB124 | Gold Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.2 |
| Green Stuff World | #FFCE53 | Golden Cream Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Humbrol | #E0AC25 | Gold Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 5.3 |
| Duncan | #DFAD58 | Cerberus Brown Wave 2 | ΔE 5.3 |
| Tom Color | #CFAE5F | Giallo Mimetico 1 | ΔE 5.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #E1C96F | Desert Yellow World War II Range | ΔE 5.7 |
| Warcolours | #DFB308 | Metallic Bright Gold Metallic paints | ΔE 5.8 |
| Tamiya | #CBAF5B | Dark yellow Spray | ΔE 5.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E6A91D | Warm Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.7 |
| Acrilex | #FED082 | Camurça Paints | ΔE 6.8 |
| Revell | #FCD937 | Yellow Email Color - Matt | ΔE 9.4 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A Beige Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B FS 33613 Radome Tan Air ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Syrian Republican Guard Desert Yellow Real Colors - AFV ΔE 3.2 · very close
- B Sand Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Pale Tan AFV ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Bsc Nº61 Light Stone Real Colors - AFV ΔE 4.3 · close
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