Paint Equivalents

Desert Tan

Humbrol · Humbrol Aerosol Sprays · S237

#B7A889 · L*69.4 a*0.5 b*18.0

The closest match to Humbrol Desert Tan in every other range, nearest first.

Humbrol Desert Tan is a light, moderately saturated yellow. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being The Army Painter Necrotic Flesh at ΔE 0.4. 11 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 Humbrol Desert Tan?

The Army Painter Necrotic Flesh is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Desert Tan in any other range, at ΔE 0.4 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Warm Grey (ΔE 0.7) and Vallejo Skeleton Bone (ΔE 2.0).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Desert Tan?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Skeleton Bone, ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Desert Tan equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Necrotic Flesh Warpaints WP1108 ΔE 0.4 · indistinguishable
  2. B Skeleton Bone Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Humbrol → The Army Painter conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Warm Grey Standard (3rd Gen) AK11009 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. C RAL 7027 Grau AFV AK701 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Humbrol → AK Interactive conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Skeleton Bone Surface Primer 70.627 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Sand Beige Model Air 71.244 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Full Humbrol → Vallejo conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Mig

  1. B Light Sand Grey Acrylics AMIG0067 ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. B Old Wood Acrylics AMIG0036 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Humbrol → Mig conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Drab Light Paint System 12C ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. B British Denison Brown Shade Paint System 97A ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Humbrol → Foundry conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Thar Brown Scale Color Range ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Buff Artist Range ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Humbrol → Scale75 conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Khaki Colors 21390 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C Antique White Colors 20505 ΔE 3.5 · close

Full Humbrol → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Wooden deck tan Lacquer Paint LP-16 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. D Deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat XF-55 ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Humbrol → Tamiya conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Flat Desert Tan Acrylic Paint 4859AP ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Sand Acrylic Paint 4720AP ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full Humbrol → Italeri conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Khaki Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9121 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Desert Sand Master Series Paints Bones 9432 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Humbrol → Reaper conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Cement Gray Aqueous Hobby Color H455 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) Mr Color 528 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full Humbrol → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Desert Tan equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. C Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. E Honey Moon Yellow Expansion Set 1 PBR 24 ΔE 15.8 · far

Desert Tan in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Citadel #B39E80 Agrellan Badland Technical ΔE 3.9
Creature #AC9C83 White Gold Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 4.1
Mr. Paint #ABA38E Cdl Variant 1 Mr Paint ΔE 4.3
FolkArt #BEB39D Vintage White Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.4
Mission Models #AEA67F Concrete 1 ΔE 4.6
Acrilex #A89A82 Concreto Paints ΔE 4.7
P3 #B3A998 Devout White Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.9
Duncan #CBB89B Vampire Fang Wave 1 ΔE 5.2
Tom Color #C9AD86 Medium Skin Tone ΔE 5.3
Coat d'Arms #ABA073 Bright Gold Fantasy Range ΔE 5.6
Revell #CDB285 Gold Email Color - Metallic ΔE 6.0
Monument #AC9E6B Khaki Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.7
Warcolours #AAA295 Warm Grey 2 Layer paints ΔE 6.8
Green Stuff World #D1C2A3 Deck Grey Acrylic Colors ΔE 7.0
Golden #C1C0AB Transparent Shading Gray High Flow ΔE 8.9
Liquitex #D8D4B1 Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 12.0
Turbo Dork #CFC9C2 Sparkle Motion ΔE 12.7
Arteza #A9A54D Pearl Chartreuse Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 13.2

Nearest colours inside Humbrol

  1. D Khaki Drill Acrylics - Matt ΔE 8.4 · similar
  2. E Desert Yellow Aerosol Sprays ΔE 11.9 · far
  3. E Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt ΔE 13.1 · far
  4. E Sand Aerosol Sprays ΔE 13.9 · far
  5. E Oak Acrylics - Satin ΔE 14.1 · far
  6. E Sand Acrylics - Matt ΔE 14.4 · far

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