Brass
Humbrol · Humbrol Aerosol Sprays · S54
#DF9228 · L*66.8 a*21.1 b*63.2
The closest match to Humbrol Brass in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Brass is a light, vivid orange. 5 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Vallejo Yellow Ochre at ΔE 1.4. 10 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 Humbrol Brass?
Vallejo Yellow Ochre is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Brass in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive C2 Trainer Yellow (ΔE 1.7) and Citadel Leprous Brown (ΔE 1.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Brass?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Yellow Ochre, ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Humbrol Brass Shop Vallejo Yellow Ochre (Model Air) Shop Vallejo Model Air set
Brass equivalent in Vallejo
- A Yellow Ochre Model Air 71.033 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Tan Glaze Model Color 70.831 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Brass equivalent in AK Interactive
- A C2 Trainer Yellow Air AK2065 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B British Sand Yellow Real Colors - AFV RC093 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Brass equivalent in Citadel
- A Leprous Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- B Bronzed Flesh Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.1 · very close
Brass equivalent in Golden
- A Nickel Azo Yellow OPEN Acrylics 7225 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- A Yellow Oxide OPEN Acrylics 7410 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Brass equivalent in Mig
- A Light Rust Acrylics AMIG0039 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Crystal Orange Acrylics AMIG0097 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Brass equivalent in Reaper
- B Blonde Hair Master Series Paints Core Colors 9257 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Marigold Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9007 ΔE 3.8 · close
Brass equivalent in Foundry
- B Ochre Shade Paint System 4A ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Butter Fudge Light Paint System 55C ΔE 4.3 · close
Brass equivalent in Scale75
- B Dwarven Gold Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D SS Camo Golden Brown Warfront Range ΔE 5.6 · similar
Brass equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Giallo Cromo Mr Paint MRP-309 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Marking Yellow Mr Paint MRP-122 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Brass equivalent in Liquitex
- B Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Heavy Body Acrylix 891 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix 601 ΔE 3.8 · close
Brass equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Arrakis Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Tiger Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.8 · close
Brass equivalent in Duncan
- C Manticore Ochre Wave 2 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Flaming Forge Orange Wave 2 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Brass in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arteza | #CE8E2A | Yellow Ochre Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 3.7 |
| Italeri | #F39A1F | Yellow Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.9 |
| Tamiya | #D89C42 | Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 4.3 |
| FolkArt | #CE9126 | School Bus Yellow Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.4 |
| The Army Painter | #EC9A44 | Fiendish Yellow Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 4.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #EAA339 | Diarylide Yellow Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 4.7 |
| Warcolours | #D88100 | Raw Sienna Inks for Shading and Glazing | ΔE 4.9 |
| Creature | #C88B2A | Rich Gold Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.9 |
| Acrilex | #F69936 | Amarelo Cadmio Paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Apple Barrel | #F69D3F | Neon Orange Colors | ΔE 5.4 |
| Tom Color | #FC9606 | Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça | ΔE 5.6 |
| Mr. Hobby | #F5A200 | Yellow Fs13538 Mr Color | ΔE 6.2 |
| Monument | #DDA55B | Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre Pro Signature Series | ΔE 6.8 |
| P3 | #EEAA58 | Blazing Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.9 |
| Turbo Dork | #F79A47 | Cartridge Family | ΔE 7.0 |
| Revell | #FEA500 | Yellow Email Color - Silk | ΔE 7.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #DFA96B | Desert Sand World War II Range | ΔE 8.8 |
| Mission Models | #E4AE44 | New Construction Yellow (1990 to present) | ΔE 9.0 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- B Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Sand Acrylics - Matt ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Sand Aerosol Sprays ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt ΔE 7.2 · similar
- D Desert Yellow Aerosol Sprays ΔE 8.6 · similar
- E Gold Aerosol Sprays ΔE 10.4 · far
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot