Sand (Mecha Color)
Vallejo · Mecha Color · 70.644
#DAC497 · L*80.0 a*1.1 b*25.5
The closest match to Vallejo Sand (Mecha Color) in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Sand is a light, moderately saturated orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Grimy Grey at ΔE 1.6. 9 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 Vallejo Sand (Mecha Color)?
AK Interactive Grimy Grey is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Sand (Mecha Color) in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Creature Olive Flesh (ΔE 1.9) and Mission Models British Light Stone RAL 61 (ΔE 2.1).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Sand (Mecha Color)?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Grimy Grey, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Sand Shop AK Interactive Grimy Grey Shop AK Interactive Standard (3rd Gen) set
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Grimy Grey Standard (3rd Gen) AK11008 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Usmc Sand Fs 33711 10ml Real Colors - Air RC228 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Creature
- A Olive Flesh Monument Pro Acryl MPA-041 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- D Ivory Monument Pro Acryl MPA-023 ΔE 7.1 · similar
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Mission Models
- B British Light Stone RAL 61 MMP-044 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Dunkelgelb Late 1944 RAL 7028 MMP-019 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Foundry
- B American Tan Light Paint System 92C ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Bone yard Paint System 9B ΔE 3.7 · close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Italeri
- B Light Flesh Acrylic Paint 4390AP ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Flat Sandgelb RAL.1002 Acrylic Paint 4860AP ΔE 9.3 · similar
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in FolkArt
- B Sahara Gold Metallics 577 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Camel Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2945 ΔE 4.5 · close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Scale75
- B Dark Sand Soil Works ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Phoenix Egg Instant Colors Range ΔE 2.9 · very close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Light Sand Brushscape Range 408 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Pale Sand World War II Range 522 ΔE 4.2 · close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Acrilex
- B Ocre Paints 904 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Camurça Paints 525 ΔE 9.0 · similar
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Pallid Bone Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Skeleton Bone Warpaints Primer CP3012 ΔE 4.0 · close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Tamiya
- B Titanium gold Lacquer Paint LP-62 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Champagne gold Lacquer Paint LP-71 ΔE 4.0 · close
Sand (Mecha Color) equivalent in Reaper
- B Cairn Stone Master Series Paints Pathfinder 89512 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Yellowed Ivory Master Series Paints Core Colors 9143 ΔE 3.6 · close
Sand in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | #DEC287 | Ares Flesh Wave 2 | ΔE 3.4 |
| Mr. Paint | #CDB68A | Bsc No.64 Mr Paint | ΔE 3.6 |
| Tom Color | #DFCB90 | Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mig | #C9B68E | Yellow Grey Acrylics | ΔE 4.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #E1C095 | Parchment Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.1 |
| Revell | #CFB487 | Beige Email Color - Silk | ΔE 4.3 |
| Mr. Hobby | #C9B384 | IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) Mr Color | ΔE 4.5 |
| Citadel | #EED5AC | Bleached Bone Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 4.7 |
| Monument | #F1D0A1 | Ben Komets Heavy Warm White Pro Signature Series | ΔE 4.9 |
| P3 | #C7BF97 | Hammerfall Khaki Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.5 |
| Golden | #DFC07B | Naples Yellow Hue Fluid | ΔE 5.5 |
| Humbrol | #F2DFB7 | Oak Acrylics - Satin | ΔE 6.5 |
| Liquitex | #E3DBAC | Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.1 |
| Arteza | #FACE9A | Naples Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #BFB399 | Antique White Colors | ΔE 7.4 |
| Warcolours | #FACF8B | Orange 1 Layer paints | ΔE 7.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #F4BC64 | Gold Rush | ΔE 10.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 12.4 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- B Desert Dust Wash FX ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Bone White Hobby Paint ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Uk BSC 64 Portland Stone Model Air ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Pale Sand Model Color ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Desert Tan Surface Primer ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Desert Dust Wash Mecha Color ΔE 4.1 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot