Paint Equivalents

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Fanatic

#856D45 · L*47.4 a*3.9 b*25.8

The closest match to The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) 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. 14 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 The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic)?

AK Interactive Merdc Sand (fs30277) is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Mr. Paint BBS Gold (ΔE 1.3) and Vallejo German Yellow Brown (ΔE 1.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is German Yellow Brown, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Merdc Sand (fs30277) AFV (3rd Gen) AK11343 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. B Gelbbraun – Yellow Brown – RAL 8000 Real Colors - WWII RC063 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Mr. Paint

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

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Vallejo

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

Full The Army Painter → Vallejo conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) 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

Full The Army Painter → Mission Models conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Green Stuff World

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

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Citadel

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

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Reaper

  1. B Brown Sand Master Series Paints Core Colors 9246 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D NMM Gold Shadow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9301 ΔE 6.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Coat d'Arms

  1. B British Khaki World War II Range 501 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Sandy Brown Brushscape Range 407 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full The Army Painter → Coat d'Arms conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Tamiya

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

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. C Anitque Gold Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics Anitque Gold ΔE 3.8 · close
  2. C Yellow Ochre Pure™ Artist Pigment 6389 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Foundry

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

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Fanatic) equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Ancient Gold Wave 3 ΔE 4.3 · close
  2. D Dust Bowl Wave 1 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

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) Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.7
Scale75 #7C6833 Arabic Shadow Scale Color Range ΔE 4.7
Liquitex #816C33 Bronze Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.7
P3 #80703C Bog Moss Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.9
Mig #7B6B37 Dunkelgelb Dark Base Acrylics ΔE 5.2
Mr. Hobby #8B7844 Dark Earth Aqueous Hobby Color ΔE 5.5
Apple Barrel #866E56 Territorial Beige Colors ΔE 5.6
Tom Color #8C6848 Field Uniform Brown ΔE 6.1
Italeri #855F30 Earth Red Acrylic Paint ΔE 6.4
Monument #805F3E Flameon Caramel Brown Pro Signature Series ΔE 6.6
Humbrol #6F5F3E Olive Green Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.7
Creature #967E51 Light Bronze Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.7
Kimera Kolors #956B23 Dark Ochre Expansion Set 1 ΔE 7.8
Arteza #865F43 Pearl Deep Brown Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 9.0
Golden #A77846 Raw Sienna Fluid ΔE 9.5
Warcolours #9E844B Transparent Ochre Transparent paints ΔE 9.7
Turbo Dork #805D49 Death By ΔE 11.0
Acrilex #6A6F46 Verde Oliva Paints ΔE 12.2

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. C Hoard Bronze Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.7 · close
  2. C Charred Bone Warpaints Air ΔE 4.6 · close
  3. D Brownish Decay Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 6.1 · similar
  4. D Desolate Brown Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 6.9 · similar
  5. D Bullwhack Brown Warpaints Air ΔE 8.0 · similar
  6. D Oozing Vomit Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 8.1 · similar

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