Cream
Humbrol · Humbrol Acrylics - Matt · 103
#ECD68A · L*85.9 a*-2.7 b*40.3
The closest match to Humbrol Cream in every other range, nearest first.
Humbrol Cream is a very light, saturated yellow. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: AK Interactive Pale Sand, ΔE 1.7. 13 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 Cream?
AK Interactive Pale Sand is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Cream in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Scale75 Savage Beige (ΔE 2.1) and Tom Color Buff (drybrush) (ΔE 2.1).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Cream?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Pale Yellow, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Humbrol Cream Shop AK Interactive Pale Sand (Standard (3rd Gen)) Shop AK Interactive Standard (3rd Gen) set
Cream equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Pale Sand Standard (3rd Gen) AK11032 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- A Ral 7028 Dunkelgelb (variant) AFV (3rd Gen) AK11320 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
Cream equivalent in Scale75
- B Savage Beige Instant Colors Range ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Hykey Yellow Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
Cream equivalent in Tom Color
- B Buff (drybrush) TC-0244 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- C Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer TCP-004 ΔE 4.1 · close
Cream equivalent in Vallejo
- B Pale Yellow Game Color 72.097 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C Ice Yellow Model Color 70.858 ΔE 3.6 · close
Cream equivalent in FolkArt
- B Pale Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2946 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Light Yellow Watercolor Acrylic Paint™ 18116 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Cream equivalent in Reaper
- B Golden Blonde Master Series Paints Core Colors 9033 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Creamy Ivory Master Series Paints Core Colors 9144 ΔE 4.9 · close
Cream equivalent in Duncan
- B Ambush Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Ares Flesh Wave 2 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Cream equivalent in Mig
- B RAL 8020 Gelbbraun Acrylics AMIG0016 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Faded Yellow Acrylics AMIG0130 ΔE 5.0 · close
Cream equivalent in Green Stuff World
- C Vanilla Drop Acrylic Colors ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Valkyrie Yellow Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.7 · similar
Cream equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- C Pale Sand World War II Range 522 ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Desert Yellow World War II Range 517 ΔE 4.0 · close
Cream equivalent in Warcolours
- C Metallic Pale Gold Metallic paints ΔE 4.0 · close
- D One-coat Beige One-coat paints ΔE 5.6 · similar
Cream equivalent in Citadel
- C Armageddon Dunes Technical ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Skullcrusher Brass Layer ΔE 5.7 · similar
Cream in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Army Painter | #FFE388 | Space Dust Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 4.1 |
| Foundry | #E3CE95 | Bone yard Paint System | ΔE 4.1 |
| Golden | #F3D074 | Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body | ΔE 4.3 |
| Mr. Hobby | #FCD68C | Radome Mr Color | ΔE 4.9 |
| Mr. Paint | #F6D087 | Bianco Avorio Mr Paint | ΔE 5.0 |
| Tamiya | #DAC993 | Titanium gold Lacquer Paint | ΔE 5.3 |
| Mission Models | #DDC893 | British Sand Yellow Modern AFV | ΔE 5.5 |
| Italeri | #E0C68F | Light Flesh Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.8 |
| Acrilex | #E4D0A0 | Ocre Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Monument | #F9D967 | Rogue Hobbies Bismuth Yellow Pro Signature Series | ΔE 6.0 |
| Liquitex | #E3DBAC | Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 7.1 |
| Creature | #D5C18F | Olive Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.1 |
| P3 | #F7D259 | Rhulic Gold Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 7.1 |
| Arteza | #EEDF63 | Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.3 |
| Apple Barrel | #EBCE4C | Light Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 7.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #FDF6AD | Sun Ray Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 7.8 |
| Turbo Dork | #FFD246 | Orange You Glad | ΔE 9.5 |
| Revell | #FCD937 | Yellow Email Color - Matt | ΔE 10.3 |
Nearest colours inside Humbrol
- D Oak Acrylics - Satin ΔE 8.2 · similar
- E Ivory Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 10.3 · far
- E Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt ΔE 11.9 · far
- E Yellow Aerosol Sprays ΔE 12.1 · far
- E Yellow Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 12.3 · far
- E Lemon Acrylics - Matt ΔE 12.6 · far
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