Paint Equivalents

Desert Yellow

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic

#856D45 · L*47.4 a*3.9 b*25.8

The closest match to The Army Painter Desert Yellow in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Desert Yellow is a mid-toned, moderately saturated orange. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Merdc Sand (fs30277) at ΔE 0.7. 12 of the 28 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

Desert Yellow equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Merdc Sand (fs30277) AK11343 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Gelbbraun – Yellow Brown – RAL 8000 RC063 ΔE 2.6 · very close

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A BBS Gold MRP-C016 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Tan Green FS34201 MRP-389 ΔE 4.6 · close

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A German Yellow Brown 71.272 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Antique Gold 85.015 ΔE 2.2 · very close

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B IDF Sand Grey Version 1 MMP-037 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B RAF Dark Earth MMP-078 ΔE 2.6 · very close

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Coyote Brown ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. D Dark Beige ΔE 7.5 · similar

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Snakebite Leather ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. D Gretchin Green ΔE 5.1 · similar

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Brown Sand 9246 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D NMM Gold Shadow 9301 ΔE 6.4 · similar

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B British Khaki 501 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Sandy Brown 407 ΔE 4.3 · close

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Brown (JGSDF) TS-90 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. D Brown (JGSDF) LP-25 ΔE 7.8 · similar

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Desert Yellow equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Anitque Gold Anitque Gold ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Yellow Ochre 6389 ΔE 4.0 · close

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Foundry

  1. C Drab Butternut Light 116C ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Drab Butternut Shade 116A ΔE 5.6 · similar

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Desert Yellow equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Ancient Gold ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Dust Bowl ΔE 6.2 · similar

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Desert Yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Revell #8C673B Dark Earth (RAF) ΔE 4.7
Scale75 #7C6833 Arabic Shadow ΔE 4.7
Liquitex #816C33 Bronze Yellow ΔE 4.7
P3 #80703C Bog Moss ΔE 4.9
Mig #7B6B37 Dunkelgelb Dark Base ΔE 5.2
Mr. Hobby #8B7844 Dark Earth ΔE 5.5
Apple Barrel #866E56 Territorial Beige ΔE 5.6
Italeri #855F30 Earth Red ΔE 6.4
Monument #805F3E Flameon Caramel Brown ΔE 6.6
Humbrol #6F5F3E Olive Green ΔE 6.7
Creature #967E51 Light Bronze ΔE 6.7
Kimera Kolors #956B23 Dark Ochre ΔE 7.8
Arteza #865F43 Pearl Deep Brown ΔE 9.0
Golden #A77846 Raw Sienna ΔE 9.5
Warcolours #9E844B Transparent Ochre ΔE 9.7
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 11.0

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. C Hoard Bronze ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Charred Bone ΔE 4.6 · close
  3. D Brownish Decay ΔE 6.1 · similar
  4. D Desolate Brown ΔE 6.9 · similar
  5. D Bullwhack Brown ΔE 8.0 · similar
  6. D Oozing Vomit ΔE 8.1 · similar