Yellow Flame
Duncan · Wave 1
#F8AF2B · L*76.6 a*16.4 b*71.8
The closest match to Duncan Yellow Flame in every other range, nearest first.
Duncan Yellow Flame is a light, vivid orange. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide at ΔE 1.2. 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 Duncan Yellow Flame?
Golden Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide is the closest equivalent to Duncan Yellow Flame in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Ogre Skin (ΔE 1.6) and AK Interactive RLM 04 (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Duncan Yellow Flame?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Medium Yellow, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Duncan to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Duncan Yellow Flame Shop Golden Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide (OPEN Acrylics) Shop Golden OPEN Acrylics set
Yellow Flame equivalent in Golden
- A Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide OPEN Acrylics 7386 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide Heavy Body 1386 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Yellow Flame equivalent in Reaper
- A Ogre Skin Master Series Paints Bones 9459 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Saffron Sunset Master Series Paints Core Colors 9247 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Yellow Flame equivalent in AK Interactive
- A RLM 04 Air AK2091 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Maize Yellow, RAL 1006 Real Colors - Modern RC008 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
Yellow Flame equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Firenewt Orange D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Phoenix Flames Warpaints WP1446 ΔE 4.1 · close
Yellow Flame equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A RLM04 Yellow Aqueous Hobby Color H413 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Yellow Fs13538 A Aqueous Hobby Color H329 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Yellow Flame equivalent in Vallejo
- B Medium Yellow Model Air 71.002 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B IJA Chrome Yellow Model Air 71.135 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Yellow Flame equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Golden Yellow Fantasy Range 159 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D Dusky Yellow Fantasy Range 146 ΔE 8.9 · similar
Yellow Flame equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Giallo Cromo Mr Paint MRP-310 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Yellow Clear Mr Paint MRP-264 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Yellow Flame equivalent in Warcolours
- B Orange 2 Layer paints ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Yellow 5 Layer paints ΔE 3.3 · very close
Yellow Flame equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Amber Orange Candy Ink Metallic ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Arrakis Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.5 · similar
Yellow Flame equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Golden Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21966E ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Sunbeam Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21965E ΔE 2.9 · very close
Yellow Flame equivalent in Tamiya
- B Camel yellow Spray TS-34 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- D Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat XF-59 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Yellow Flame in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| P3 | #F4AF46 | Heartfire Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 2.7 |
| Tom Color | #F4B215 | FS 13655 | ΔE 3.0 |
| Scale75 | #FBB400 | Rotten Pus Instant Colors Range | ΔE 3.1 |
| Acrilex | #FBB147 | Melao Paints | ΔE 3.1 |
| Foundry | #F8B409 | Yellow Shade Paint System | ΔE 3.3 |
| Humbrol | #F9B400 | Insignia Yellow Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 3.3 |
| Citadel | #FBB81C | Averland Sunset Air | ΔE 3.6 |
| Revell | #FEA500 | Yellow Email Color - Silk | ΔE 3.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E6A91D | Warm Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 3.9 |
| Liquitex | #F2B72B | Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.2 |
| Italeri | #EAB124 | Gold Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Mission Models | #F3BB44 | Earth Yellow Tan Merdec FS 30257 | ΔE 4.6 |
| FolkArt | #E9AE52 | Marigold Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 4.7 |
| Creature | #E2AB06 | Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 5.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #F4BC64 | Gold Rush | ΔE 5.9 |
| Arteza | #E4B463 | Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 7.1 |
| Mig | #D8A64F | Sand Yellow Acrylics | ΔE 7.2 |
| Monument | #DDA55B | Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre Pro Signature Series | ΔE 8.1 |
Nearest colours inside Duncan
- C Skulker Yellow Wave 1 ΔE 4.8 · close
- C Flaming Forge Orange Wave 2 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Cerberus Brown Wave 2 ΔE 6.6 · similar
- D Manticore Ochre Wave 2 ΔE 9.2 · similar
- D Dragon's Gold Wave 1 ΔE 9.3 · similar
- E Heirloom Gold Wave 3 ΔE 11.2 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot