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Make a free guideLooking for a Sand Yellow equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Sand Yellow (Vallejo Model Color) in Reaper MSP, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Citadel Colour, Army Painter Speedpaint, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Hobby Spray, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Xpress Color, Scale75 Scalecolor, Army Painter Warpaints, Monument Pro Acryl, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Army Painter Quickshade, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Colour Primer, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Sand Yellow, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Death Guard GreenCitadel ColourClose match
- Shade 1Plague BrownVallejo Game ColorGreat match
- BaseSand YellowVallejo Model Color
- Highlight 1IvoryVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Castellax BronzeCitadel ColourGreat match
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Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.