Buttercup
FolkArt · Acrylic Colors · 905
#DAAF61 · L*73.8 a*6.5 b*45.5
The closest match to FolkArt Buttercup in every other range, nearest first.
FolkArt Buttercup is a light, saturated orange. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Sigmarite at ΔE 1.6. 9 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 FolkArt Buttercup?
Citadel Sigmarite is the closest equivalent to FolkArt Buttercup in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Duncan Cerberus Brown (ΔE 1.9) and Mr. Hobby Sand Yellow (ΔE 2.0).
What is the Vallejo alternative to FolkArt Buttercup?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Sand Yellow, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full FolkArt to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop FolkArt Buttercup Shop Citadel Sigmarite Shop Citadel Dry set
Buttercup equivalent in Citadel
- A Sigmarite Dry ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Ungor Flesh Layer ΔE 3.2 · very close
Buttercup equivalent in Duncan
- A Cerberus Brown Wave 2 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- C Dragon's Gold Wave 1 ΔE 3.8 · close
Buttercup equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Sand Yellow Aqueous Hobby Color H459 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- B Dark Yellow Highlight 2 Mr Color Modulation Set CMC05 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Buttercup equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Goblin Skin D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments WP1720 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- C Barren Dune Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.6 · close
Buttercup equivalent in Arteza
- B Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints A127 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- D Pearl Golden Hour Acrylic Pearl Paints A213 ΔE 7.5 · similar
Buttercup equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Buff Standard (3rd Gen) AK11031 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B RAL 8020 Gelbbraun AFV AK700 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Buttercup equivalent in Foundry
- B Bone yard Shade Paint System 9A ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Base Sand Shade Paint System 10A ΔE 4.0 · close
Buttercup equivalent in Vallejo
- B Sand Yellow Mecha Color 69.033 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B US Interior Yellow Model Air 71.107 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Buttercup equivalent in Mig
- B Sand Yellow Acrylics AMIG0030 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- C Oil Ochre Acrylics AMIG0055 ΔE 4.6 · close
Buttercup equivalent in Tom Color
- B Giallo Mimetico 1 TC-0155 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D U.s. Modern Vehicles Tan TC-0156 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Buttercup equivalent in Scale75
- B Ss Camo Ocher Brown Warfront Range ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Desert Yellow Warfront Range ΔE 4.1 · close
Buttercup equivalent in Tamiya
- B Light sand Spray TS-46 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Light brown (DAK 1941) Lacquer Paint LP-77 ΔE 3.5 · close
Buttercup in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #CEA35E | Amber Gold Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 3.7 |
| Creature | #DBAC44 | Golden Brown Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mission Models | #E4AE44 | New Construction Yellow (1990 to present) | ΔE 4.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #C9AC6A | Zombie Flesh Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| Italeri | #C6A664 | Flat Sandgelb RAL.1002 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Monument | #DDA55B | Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre Pro Signature Series | ΔE 4.6 |
| Apple Barrel | #EAB148 | King’s Gold Colors | ΔE 4.7 |
| Mr. Paint | #CDA05D | Bsc No.61 Mr Paint | ΔE 4.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #D6B34F | All That Glitters | ΔE 4.8 |
| Golden | #DFC07B | Naples Yellow Hue Fluid | ΔE 5.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #DFA96B | Desert Sand World War II Range | ΔE 5.6 |
| Humbrol | #D69C4A | Sand Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 6.1 |
| P3 | #DCB43D | Moldy Ochre Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.3 |
| Warcolours | #DB9D2C | Ochre 3 Layer paints | ΔE 7.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #EAA339 | Diarylide Yellow Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 7.2 |
| Revell | #CDB285 | Gold Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 7.3 |
| Acrilex | #FBB147 | Melao Paints | ΔE 7.8 |
| Liquitex | #F2B72B | Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.0 |
Nearest colours inside FolkArt
- C Marigold Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 4.2 · close
- C Golden Glow Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.2 · close
- C 14K Gold Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylics ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Daybreak Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Daybreak Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 5.7 · similar
- D Camel Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics ΔE 6.1 · similar
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