Paint Equivalents

Lemon Shade

Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 1A

#E1AB03 · L*73.0 a*8.0 b*75.7

The closest match to Foundry Lemon Shade in every other range, nearest first.

Foundry Lemon Shade is a light, vivid orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Creature Yellow at ΔE 0.3. 7 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 Foundry Lemon Shade?

Creature Yellow is the closest equivalent to Foundry Lemon Shade in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Humbrol Gold (ΔE 1.0) and Vallejo Polished Gold (ΔE 2.1).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Lemon Shade?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Polished Gold, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Lemon Shade equivalent in Creature

  1. A Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-049 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. C Golden Brown Monument Pro Acryl MPA-017 ΔE 4.4 · close

Lemon Shade equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Gold Acrylics - Metallics 16 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. A Gold Aerosol Sprays S16 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full Foundry → Humbrol conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Polished Gold Game Air 72.755 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. B Gold Arte Deco 81.122 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Foundry → Vallejo conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Scale75

  1. B Naples Yellow Artist Range ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. D Rotten Pus Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.1 · similar

Full Foundry → Scale75 conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Gold Acrylic Paint 4671AP ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. D Giallo Mimetico 3 Acrylic Paint 4645AP ΔE 8.5 · similar

Full Foundry → Italeri conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Cadmium-free Yellow Medium Heavy Body Acrylix 890 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix 412 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Foundry → Liquitex conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. B Warm Yellow Pure Pigments PY83 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. D Yellow Oxide Pure Pigments PY42 ΔE 6.8 · similar

Lemon Shade equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Cream Yellow Acrysion N34 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Gold Mr Metal Color 217 ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Foundry → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Dandelion Yellow Gloss™ 20646 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Golden Yellow Gloss™ 21395 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Full Foundry → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Gold MMC-003 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C New Construction Yellow (1990 to present) MMP-125 ΔE 4.5 · close

Full Foundry → Mission Models conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Arteza

  1. B Yellow Pale Acrylic Premium Paints A101 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints A127 ΔE 8.1 · similar

Full Foundry → Arteza conversion chart

Lemon Shade equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Metallic Bright Gold Metallic paints ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Metallic Brown Metallic paints ΔE 4.1 · close

Full Foundry → Warcolours conversion chart

Lemon Shade in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tom Color #DDB204 Amarelo Piquenique ΔE 3.4
The Army Painter #D7AF2B Meteor Rock Warpaints Air ΔE 3.7
Citadel #EFB736 Shining Gold Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.8
Monument #E6B802 Transparent Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 4.0
Green Stuff World #F4B11A Amber Orange Candy Ink Metallic ΔE 4.1
Reaper #F7B717 Golden Yellow Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 4.3
Tamiya #CCA208 Gold Spray ΔE 4.4
Mr. Paint #F1AA00 Giallo Cromo Mr Paint ΔE 4.4
P3 #DCB43D Moldy Ochre Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.5
AK Interactive #DFB048 Syrian Republican Guard Desert Yellow Real Colors - AFV ΔE 4.6
FolkArt #D8B32E Medium Yellow Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.7
Golden #FDBC16 Diarylide Yellow Heavy Body ΔE 5.5
Acrilex #FEBA11 Amarelo Ouro Paints ΔE 5.6
Duncan #F8AF2B Yellow Flame Wave 1 ΔE 6.1
Coat d'Arms #FEB101 Golden Yellow Fantasy Range ΔE 6.2
Turbo Dork #D6B34F All That Glitters ΔE 6.4
Mig #D8A64F Sand Yellow Acrylics ΔE 7.0
Revell #FEA500 Yellow Email Color - Silk ΔE 8.9

Nearest colours inside Foundry

  1. B Raw Linen Paint System ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. C Yellow Shade Paint System ΔE 4.5 · close
  3. D Orange Light Paint System ΔE 6.0 · similar
  4. D Buff Leather Paint System ΔE 6.8 · similar
  5. D Ochre Paint System ΔE 7.3 · similar
  6. D Bone yard Shade Paint System ΔE 7.6 · similar

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