Ambush Yellow
Duncan · Wave 3
#E3CC73 · L*82.2 a*-3.4 b*47.0
The closest match to Duncan Ambush Yellow in every other range, nearest first.
Duncan Ambush Yellow is a very light, saturated yellow. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Coat d'Arms Desert Yellow, ΔE 0.8. 13 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 Duncan Ambush Yellow?
Coat d'Arms Desert Yellow is the closest equivalent to Duncan Ambush Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Ice Yellow (ΔE 2.1) and The Army Painter Moon Dust (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Duncan Ambush Yellow?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Ice Yellow, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Duncan to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Duncan Ambush Yellow Shop Coat d'Arms Desert Yellow Shop Coat d'Arms World War II Range set
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- A Desert Yellow World War II Range 517 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- D Pale Sand World War II Range 522 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Vallejo
- B Ice Yellow Model Color 70.858 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Pale Yellow Game Color 72.097 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Moon Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Moon Dust Warpaints WP1438 ΔE 4.3 · close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Scale75
- B Tenere Yellow Scale Color Range ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Sahara Sand Warfront Range ΔE 3.3 · very close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Citadel
- B Armageddon Dunes Technical ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Burnished Gold Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.7 · close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Tom Color
- B Buff (drybrush) TC-0244 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Light Wood TC-0056 ΔE 4.6 · close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Mig
- B RAL 8020 Gelbbraun Acrylics AMIG0016 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Faded Yellow Acrylics AMIG0130 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Pale Sand Standard (3rd Gen) AK11032 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Dunkelgelb High Light AFV AK008 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in FolkArt
- B Yellow Lemon Acrylic Colors 226 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Light Yellow Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ 18116 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Humbrol
- B Cream Acrylics - Matt 103 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt 24 ΔE 10.0 · similar
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Golden
- B Naples Yellow Hue OPEN Acrylics 7459 ΔE 3.5 · very close
- C Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body 1459 ΔE 3.7 · close
Ambush Yellow equivalent in Foundry
- C Austrian Gun Ochre Light Paint System 107C ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Gold Paint System 36B ΔE 4.1 · close
Ambush Yellow in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Paint | #DDD268 | Lemon-gray Mr Paint | ΔE 4.3 |
| Reaper | #F1D45F | Bright Skin Highlight Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #E7D96C | Valkyrie Yellow Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #D6C14E | Pale Daffodil Colors | ΔE 4.8 |
| Mr. Hobby | #EAC850 | Yellow Fs33531 Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 4.9 |
| Monument | #F9D967 | Rogue Hobbies Bismuth Yellow Pro Signature Series | ΔE 5.1 |
| Warcolours | #FEE185 | Metallic Pale Gold Metallic paints | ΔE 5.3 |
| Tamiya | #CBBB72 | Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 5.4 |
| P3 | #F7D259 | Rhulic Gold Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Arteza | #EEDF63 | Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.4 |
| Italeri | #E0C68F | Light Flesh Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.8 |
| Mission Models | #DDC893 | British Sand Yellow Modern AFV | ΔE 6.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #D6B34F | All That Glitters | ΔE 6.9 |
| Acrilex | #FED082 | Camurça Paints | ΔE 7.7 |
| Creature | #D5C18F | Olive Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.8 |
| Liquitex | #FCCD43 | Cadmium-free Yellow Light Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.0 |
| Revell | #FCD937 | Yellow Email Color - Matt | ΔE 8.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E5D828 | Cold Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 9.3 |
Nearest colours inside Duncan
- D Ares Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 8.5 · similar
- D Flak Gun Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 8.8 · similar
- D Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 9.5 · similar
- D Craven Yellow Wave 2 ΔE 9.7 · similar
- D Yellow Glaze Wave 2 ΔE 10.0 · similar
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