Paint Equivalents

Golden Yellow

Creature · Monument Pro Acryl · MPA-006

#F3E21F · L*88.7 a*-12.2 b*84.4

The closest match to Creature Golden Yellow in every other range, nearest first.

Creature Golden Yellow is a very light, vivid yellow. 10 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Yellow Light at ΔE 0.8. 5 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 Creature Golden Yellow?

FolkArt Yellow Light is the closest equivalent to Creature Golden Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: P3 Cygnus Yellow (ΔE 0.8) and Green Stuff World Banana Split (ΔE 0.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Creature Golden Yellow?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Fluorescent Yellow, ΔE 1.3 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Creature to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Creature Golden Yellow Shop FolkArt Yellow Light (Acrylic Colors) Shop FolkArt Acrylic Colors set

Golden Yellow equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Yellow Light Acrylic Colors 918 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. D Lemon Yellow Acrylic Colors 521 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Golden Yellow equivalent in P3

  1. A Cygnus Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Yellow Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Golden Yellow equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Banana Split Acrylic Colors ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Burning Gold Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Golden Yellow equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Amarelo Girassol TCUP-01 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
  2. C Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer TCP-005 ΔE 4.5 · close

Golden Yellow equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 62.031 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. B Fluorescent Yellow Game Color 72.103 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Golden Yellow equivalent in Monument

  1. A Fluorescent Yellow Pro Signature Series F03 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. C Golden Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints 006 ΔE 4.8 · close

Golden Yellow equivalent in Golden

  1. A Benzimidazolone Yellow Light Fluid 2009 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. B Permanent Yellow SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6515 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Golden Yellow equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Canary Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9409 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Lemon Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9009 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Golden Yellow equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Lemon Acrylics - Matt 99 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Yellow Acrylics - Gloss 69 ΔE 4.0 · close

Golden Yellow equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Primary Yellow Artist Range ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Full Healing Instant Colors Range ΔE 3.0 · very close

Golden Yellow equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. B Angelic Yellow D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Babe Blonde Warpaints WP1403 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Golden Yellow equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Lemon Paint System 1B ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. C Yellow Light Paint System 2C ΔE 3.8 · close

Golden Yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tamiya #FFE600 Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 2.4
Mission Models #F7DC13 Farm Tractor Yellow ΔE 2.6
Citadel #FFE32F Sigismund Yellow Clear Air ΔE 2.7
Kimera Kolors #E5D828 Cold Yellow Pure Pigments ΔE 2.8
AK Interactive #FFE121 Lemon Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 3.1
Duncan #F5E350 Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 3.1
Italeri #FEE000 Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.1
Mr. Hobby #FFE100 Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX ΔE 3.2
Warcolours #FFF000 One-coat Yellow One-coat paints ΔE 3.3
Turbo Dork #FDE852 Pucker ΔE 3.3
Mr. Paint #F0D500 Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint ΔE 3.5
Acrilex #F4EE42 Amarelo Limao Paints ΔE 3.7
Revell #ECEA40 Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk ΔE 4.1
Arteza #EEDF63 Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.4
Coat d'Arms #FFFD32 Ink Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash ΔE 6.1
Apple Barrel #EBCE4C Light Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.8
Mig #D7C012 Gold Yellow (RLM 04 Gelb) Acrylics ΔE 8.1
Liquitex #FFD13E Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.5

Nearest colours inside Creature

  1. E Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 15.9 · far
  2. E Golden Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 16.6 · far
  3. E Olive Flesh Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 18.0 · far
  4. E Bright Yellow Green Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 20.5 · far
  5. E Ivory Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 22.5 · far
  6. E Bright Ivory Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 23.2 · far

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