Light sand (Lacquer Paint)
Tamiya · Lacquer Paint · LP-30
#D1AB7C · L*72.3 a*7.5 b*29.4
The closest match to Tamiya Light sand (Lacquer Paint) in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Light sand is a light, moderately saturated orange. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Golden Skin at ΔE 0.9. 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 Tamiya Light sand (Lacquer Paint)?
Reaper Golden Skin is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Light sand (Lacquer Paint) in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint Beige RAL 1001 (ΔE 1.5) and Duncan Overlord Brass (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Light sand (Lacquer Paint)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Bag of Bones, ΔE 3.3 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Light sand Shop Reaper Golden Skin Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Reaper
- A Golden Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9092 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- C Stained Ivory Master Series Paints Core Colors 9142 ΔE 4.0 · close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mr. Paint
- A Beige RAL 1001 Mr Paint MRP-210 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- C Sabbia Mr Paint MRP-306 ΔE 4.4 · close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Duncan
- A Overlord Brass Wave 2 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Batle Axe Brass Wave 2 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Scale75
- B Us Medium Brown Warfront Range ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Gelbraun Brown Warfront Range ΔE 2.1 · very close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mission Models
- B Gelbbraun RAL 8020 MMP-010 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D US Desert Tan Modern 2 FS 33446 MMP-038 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Citadel
- B Kislev Flesh Air ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Golden Griffon Dry ΔE 4.8 · close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Mig
- B Fs 33446 US Modern Vehicles Acrylics AMIG0025 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D New Iraqui Army Sand Acrylics AMIG0029 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in AK Interactive
- B French Army Desert Sand AFV (3rd Gen) AK11363 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Wooden Deck Naval AK5032 ΔE 3.9 · close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Tom Color
- B Medium Skin Tone TC-0307 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C US Desert Sand TC-0140 ΔE 4.6 · close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Vallejo
- B Bag of Bones Xpress Color 72.450 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Pale Flesh Game Air 76.003 ΔE 4.1 · close
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Otyugh Brown D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Goblin Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments WP1720 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Light sand (Lacquer Paint) equivalent in Foundry
- C Base Sand Shade Paint System 10A ΔE 3.5 · close
- C German Pea Pattern Tan Light Paint System 88C ΔE 4.4 · close
Light sand in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revell | #CDB285 | Gold Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 3.7 |
| FolkArt | #CBA76B | Golden Glow Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.8 |
| Italeri | #DFAB6E | Skin Tone Warm Tint Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.2 |
| Creature | #DBAE88 | Tan Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #CAA07A | Brass Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.4 |
| Apple Barrel | #C9A889 | Sunkissed Peach Colors | ΔE 4.6 |
| Mr. Hobby | #E6B378 | Flesh Acrysion | ΔE 4.6 |
| Acrilex | #DEB28F | Camurça Queimado Paints | ΔE 5.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #BF9F66 | Sandstorm Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.4 |
| Monument | #BC9866 | Bright Gold Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.8 |
| Arteza | #E4B463 | Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.4 |
| P3 | #C7B378 | Icy Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.5 |
| Humbrol | #D19651 | Sand Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 7.9 |
| Golden | #DFC07B | Naples Yellow Hue Fluid | ΔE 7.9 |
| Liquitex | #D59646 | Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #F4BC64 | Gold Rush | ΔE 9.5 |
| Warcolours | #FFC69B | Flesh 3 Layer paints | ΔE 10.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #EAA339 | Diarylide Yellow Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 11.0 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- A Buff Lacquer Paint ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Wooden deck tan Spray ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Wooden deck tan Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Light brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Light sand Spray ΔE 6.8 · similar
- D Flat flesh Spray ΔE 8.7 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot