Deep Yellow
AK Interactive · Intense (3rd Gen) · AK11045
#FDC500 · L*82.3 a*6.4 b*83.8
The closest match to AK Interactive Deep Yellow in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Deep Yellow is a very light, vivid orange. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue at ΔE 0.7. 8 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
The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.
What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Deep Yellow?
Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Deep Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Basic Yellow (ΔE 0.9) and Warcolours Yellow 4 (ΔE 1.3).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Deep Yellow?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Basic Yellow, ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Deep Yellow Shop Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue (Fluid) Shop Golden Fluid set
Deep Yellow equivalent in Golden
- A Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue Fluid 2428 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- A Cadmium Yellow Dark Heavy Body 1110 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
Deep Yellow equivalent in Vallejo
- A Basic Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 62.003 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- B Moon Yellow Game Air 76.005 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Deep Yellow equivalent in Warcolours
- A Yellow 4 Layer paints ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Yellow Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Deep Yellow equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A MS Blue Gundam Color Spray SG3 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- C RX-78 Red Gundam Color for Builders UG21 ΔE 4.3 · close
Deep Yellow equivalent in Citadel
- A Golden Yellow Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Sunburst Yellow Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.7 · close
Deep Yellow equivalent in Scale75
- A Yellow Code Warfront Range ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Intense Yellow Artist Range ΔE 4.4 · close
Deep Yellow equivalent in Reaper
- A Candlelight Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9408 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Sun Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9008 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Deep Yellow equivalent in Mission Models
- B Hiway Yellow 1930 / 1990 Heavy Equipment MMP-041 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Gelb (Yellow) RLM 04 German WWII MMP-090 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Deep Yellow equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Dusky Yellow Fantasy Range 146 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- D Golden Yellow Fantasy Range 159 ΔE 7.3 · similar
Deep Yellow equivalent in Humbrol
- B Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt 24 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- D Insignia Yellow Acrylics - Matt 154 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Deep Yellow equivalent in Tamiya
- B Chrome yellow Spray TS-47 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Flat yellow Acrylics Mini Flat XF-3 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Deep Yellow equivalent in Foundry
- B Orange Light Paint System 3C ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Ochre Light Paint System 4C ΔE 5.0 · similar
Deep Yellow in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Army Painter | #FECE2A | Daemonic Yellow Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 2.7 |
| Liquitex | #FCCD43 | Cadmium-free Yellow Light Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.5 |
| Tom Color | #FFBC03 | Amarelo Helena | ΔE 3.5 |
| Monument | #F6C847 | Warm Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 3.9 |
| Arteza | #F5CC0D | Mid Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.0 |
| Mig | #EBC30B | Yellow Acrylics | ΔE 4.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #FFD246 | Orange You Glad | ΔE 4.3 |
| Acrilex | #FEBA11 | Amarelo Ouro Paints | ΔE 4.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #E8C02D | Lemon Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #FFCE53 | Golden Cream Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.6 |
| Duncan | #F5D10D | Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Mr. Paint | #E6BA3F | Traffic Yellow RAL 1023 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors | ΔE 5.6 |
| FolkArt | #E1BE24 | Honey Glaze Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 5.8 |
| Italeri | #EAB124 | Gold Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.8 |
| P3 | #F7D259 | Rhulic Gold Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.3 |
| Revell | #FCD937 | Yellow Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.5 |
| Creature | #E2AB06 | Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 6.9 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E6A91D | Warm Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.0 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- A Yellow, RAL 1003 Real Colors - Modern ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Yellow Acrylic Color AFV ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Basic Intense Yellow Figures ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Clear Yellow Real Colors - Modern ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Radiant Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.7 · close
- C Sand Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.7 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot