Yellow
Foundry · Foundry Paint System · 2B
#FFD60B · L*86.7 a*-1.3 b*86.0
The closest match to Foundry Yellow in every other range, nearest first.
Foundry Yellow is a very light, vivid yellow. 10 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Sulfur Yellow at ΔE 0.3. 3 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 Yellow?
Scale75 Sulfur Yellow is the closest equivalent to Foundry Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Golden Hansa Yellow Opaque (ΔE 0.3) and Tamiya Mixing yellow (ΔE 0.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Foundry Yellow?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Yellow, ΔE 3.5 — a very close substitute. The full Foundry to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Foundry Yellow Shop Scale75 Sulfur Yellow Shop Scale75 Instant Colors Range set
Yellow equivalent in Scale75
- A Sulfur Yellow Instant Colors Range ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- B Intense Yellow Artist Range ΔE 2.7 · very close
Yellow equivalent in Golden
- A Hansa Yellow Opaque Fluid 2191 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium Fluid 2008 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
Yellow equivalent in Tamiya
- A Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint LP-83 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- B Chrome yellow Spray TS-47 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Yellow equivalent in Citadel
- A Sunburst Yellow Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- A Yriel Yellow Layer ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
Yellow equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Radiant Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11046 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
- B Basic Intense Yellow Figures AK3037 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Yellow equivalent in Warcolours
- A Yellow 3 Layer paints ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- D Yellow 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.4 · similar
Yellow equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Clear Yellow Acrysion N91 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
- C Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX GX4 ΔE 3.5 · close
Yellow equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Daemonic Yellow Warpaints Primer CP3015 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- A Maize Yellow Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Yellow equivalent in Duncan
- A Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- D Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Yellow equivalent in Humbrol
- A Yellow Aerosol Sprays S69 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Yellow Acrylics - Gloss 69 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Yellow equivalent in Revell
- B Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Yellow Email Color - Gloss ΔE 2.2 · very close
Yellow equivalent in Arteza
- B Mid Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints A102 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- D Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints A100 ΔE 8.2 · similar
Yellow in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper | #FEDD2C | Pale Saffron Master Series Paints Bones | ΔE 2.4 |
| Green Stuff World | #F2D12C | Cyber Yellow Acrylic Colors | ΔE 2.8 |
| FolkArt | #EECD02 | Bumblebee Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 3.0 |
| Mission Models | #F3C901 | Iridescent Lemon Yellow | ΔE 3.1 |
| P3 | #F0D133 | Sulfuric Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.4 |
| Italeri | #FEE000 | Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.4 |
| Vallejo | #F8D346 | Light Yellow Model Color | ΔE 3.5 |
| Liquitex | #FFD13E | Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.5 |
| Mr. Paint | #F0D500 | Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint | ΔE 3.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #FFD246 | Orange You Glad | ΔE 3.9 |
| Apple Barrel | #ECC71D | Canary Yellow Colors | ΔE 4.0 |
| Coat d'Arms | #FDCA31 | Dusky Yellow Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.6 |
| Mig | #EBC30B | Yellow Acrylics | ΔE 4.7 |
| Tom Color | #EBD238 | Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer | ΔE 4.7 |
| Monument | #E9D035 | Golden Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 4.8 |
| Creature | #F3E21F | Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 6.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E5D828 | Cold Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.9 |
| Acrilex | #F4EE42 | Amarelo Limao Paints | ΔE 9.4 |
Nearest colours inside Foundry
- C Ochre Light Paint System ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Lemon Paint System ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D Yellow Light Paint System ΔE 6.7 · similar
- D Orange Light Paint System ΔE 7.9 · similar
- D Raw Linen Light Paint System ΔE 9.0 · similar
- E Austrian Gun Ochre Light Paint System ΔE 10.3 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot