Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body)
Golden · Heavy Body / OPEN Acrylics · 1130
#FFF12C · L*93.6 a*-14.2 b*86.1
The closest match to Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) in every other range, nearest first.
Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium is a very light, vivid yellow. 9 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Hobby Fluorescent Yellow at ΔE 1.2. 6 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
This colour is sold under more than one range label — what differs between those pots
What is the closest equivalent to Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body)?
Mr. Hobby Fluorescent Yellow is the closest equivalent to Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) in any other range, at ΔE 1.2 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tamiya Pure yellow (ΔE 1.2) and Reaper Lemon Yellow (ΔE 1.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body)?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Lemon Yellow, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Golden to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Golden Cadmium Yellow Medium Shop Mr. Hobby Fluorescent Yellow Shop Mr. Hobby Acrysion set
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Fluorescent Yellow Acrysion N97 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Yellow Primary Color Pigments CR3 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Tamiya
- A Pure yellow Lacquer Paint LP-8 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss X-24 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Reaper
- A Lemon Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9009 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- B Clear Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9095 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Warcolours
- A One-coat Yellow One-coat paints ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Yellow 2 Layer paints ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Scale75
- A Full Healing Instant Colors Range ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Marduk Yellow Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Citadel
- A Bad Moon Yellow Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Flash Gitz Yellow Air ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Foundry
- A Lemon Paint System 1B ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Yellow Light Paint System 2C ΔE 4.1 · close
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Vallejo
- A Lemon Yellow Arte Deco 85.007 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 62.031 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Laser Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11048 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Fluorescent Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11049 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Citrine Yellow Candy Ink Metallic ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Banana Split Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.3 · very close
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in P3
- B Yellow Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Cygnus Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Cadmium Yellow Medium (Heavy Body) equivalent in Acrilex
- B Amarelo Limao Paints 504 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- E Verde Alecrim Paints 898 ΔE 12.3 · far
Cadmium Yellow Medium in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #F8E52F | Amarelo Girassol | ΔE 2.7 |
| Creature | #F3E21F | Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 3.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #FFFD32 | Ink Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash | ΔE 3.3 |
| FolkArt | #F3E008 | Yellow Light Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #FDE852 | Pucker | ΔE 3.8 |
| Mr. Paint | #FEFE00 | Luminous Yellow RAL 1026 Mr Paint | ΔE 3.8 |
| Revell | #ECEA40 | Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk | ΔE 3.9 |
| The Army Painter | #FFF464 | Lens Flare Glow Warpaints Fanatic Wash | ΔE 4.0 |
| Humbrol | #F8E000 | Lemon Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 4.1 |
| Duncan | #F5E350 | Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 | ΔE 4.4 |
| Monument | #F2DD26 | Fluorescent Yellow Pro Signature Series | ΔE 4.5 |
| Italeri | #FEE000 | Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.9 |
| Mission Models | #F7DC13 | Farm Tractor Yellow | ΔE 5.1 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E5D828 | Cold Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 5.7 |
| Arteza | #EEDF63 | Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 6.8 |
| Apple Barrel | #F3ED7D | Neon Yellow Colors | ΔE 7.9 |
| Liquitex | #E1ED6D | Fluorescent Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 9.0 |
| Mig | #D7C012 | Gold Yellow (RLM 04 Gelb) Acrylics | ΔE 11.3 |
Nearest colours inside Golden
- A Cadmium Primrose SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- A Hansa Yellow Opaque Heavy Body ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- A Primary Yellow Heavy Body ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Benzimidazolone Yellow Light Fluid ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue Heavy Body ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Cadmium Yellow Light Heavy Body ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot