Paint Equivalents

Lemon

Humbrol · Humbrol Acrylics - Matt · 99

#F8E000 · L*88.6 a*-9.4 b*88.0

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

Humbrol Lemon is a very light, vivid yellow. 14 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Canary Yellow at ΔE 0.0. 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

What is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Lemon?

Reaper Canary Yellow is the closest equivalent to Humbrol Lemon in any other range, at ΔE 0.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Angelic Yellow (ΔE 0.8) and Mission Models Farm Tractor Yellow (ΔE 1.2).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Humbrol Lemon?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Fluorescent Yellow, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full Humbrol to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Lemon equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Canary Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9409 ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. B Pale Saffron Master Series Paints Bones 9484 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Full Humbrol → Reaper conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Angelic Yellow D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Babe Blonde Warpaints WP1403 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Humbrol → The Army Painter conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Farm Tractor Yellow MMP-126 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Yellow MMP-007 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect

Full Humbrol → Mission Models conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Yellow Light Acrylic Colors 918 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. C Bumblebee Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 99236 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full Humbrol → FolkArt conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Flat yellow Lacquer Paint LP-80 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Clear yellow Lacquer Paint LP-69 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect

Full Humbrol → Tamiya conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Phalanx Yellow Air ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. A Sigismund Yellow Clear Air ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Humbrol → Citadel conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint 4721AP ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. E Gold Acrylic Paint 4671AP ΔE 14.3 · far

Full Humbrol → Italeri conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX GX4 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Yellow Acrysion N4 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full Humbrol → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in Monument

  1. A Fluorescent Yellow Pro Signature Series F03 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Golden Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints 006 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Humbrol → Monument conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Lemon Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11047 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Zinc Chromate Yellow Air AK2207 ΔE 4.0 · close

Full Humbrol → AK Interactive conversion chart

Lemon equivalent in Creature

  1. A Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl MPA-006 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. E Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-049 ΔE 14.9 · far

Lemon equivalent in Tom Color

  1. A Amarelo Girassol TCUP-01 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer TCP-005 ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Humbrol → Tom Color conversion chart

Lemon in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Golden #FFE900 Permanent Yellow SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.0
Green Stuff World #F2DE2F Burning Gold Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 2.0
P3 #F7E52D Cygnus Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.0
Foundry #FFEB2B Lemon Paint System ΔE 2.5
Mr. Paint #F0D500 Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint ΔE 2.6
Vallejo #F2E500 Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color ΔE 2.6
Turbo Dork #FFE145 Bees Knees ΔE 3.2
Scale75 #F4E915 Primary Yellow Artist Range ΔE 3.3
Revell #FDDA38 Yellow Email Color - Gloss ΔE 3.8
Warcolours #FFF000 One-coat Yellow One-coat paints ΔE 3.8
Kimera Kolors #E5D828 Cold Yellow Pure Pigments ΔE 3.9
Duncan #F5E350 Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 4.0
Acrilex #F4EE42 Amarelo Limao Paints ΔE 5.3
Arteza #F5CC0D Mid Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.0
Apple Barrel #EBCE4C Light Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 6.5
Liquitex #FFD13E Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.3
Coat d'Arms #FFFD32 Ink Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash ΔE 7.3
Mig #EBC30B Yellow Acrylics ΔE 7.6

Nearest colours inside Humbrol

  1. B Yellow Acrylics - Gloss ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Yellow Aerosol Sprays ΔE 2.6 · very close
  3. E Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt ΔE 10.8 · far
  4. E Cream Acrylics - Matt ΔE 12.6 · far
  5. E Gold Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 13.8 · far
  6. E Gold Aerosol Sprays ΔE 14.9 · far

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