Paint Equivalents

Cold Yellow

Kimera Kolors · Kimera Kolors Pure Pigments · PY151

#E5D828 · L*85.0 a*-12.9 b*78.9

The closest match to Kimera Kolors Cold Yellow in every other range, nearest first.

Kimera Kolors Cold Yellow is a very light, vivid yellow. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Pistachio at ΔE 1.7. 7 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 Kimera Kolors Cold Yellow?

AK Interactive Pistachio is the closest equivalent to Kimera Kolors Cold Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mission Models Yellow Zinc Chromate (ΔE 1.8) and Vallejo Lemon Yellow (ΔE 1.9).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Kimera Kolors Cold Yellow?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Lemon Yellow, ΔE 1.9 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Kimera Kolors to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Kimera Kolors Cold Yellow Shop AK Interactive Pistachio Shop AK Interactive Standard (3rd Gen) set

Cold Yellow equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Pistachio Standard (3rd Gen) AK11130 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Zinc Chromate Yellow Air AK2207 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Cold Yellow equivalent in Mission Models

  1. A Yellow Zinc Chromate MMP-067 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Farm Tractor Yellow MMP-126 ΔE 3.8 · close

Cold Yellow equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Lemon Yellow Model Color 70.952 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Yellow Green Model Color 70.954 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Cold Yellow equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Burning Gold Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 2.3 · very close
  2. B Mystic Gold Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 2.3 · very close

Cold Yellow equivalent in Monument

  1. B Fluorescent Yellow Pro Signature Series F03 ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. B Golden Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints 006 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Cold Yellow equivalent in Creature

  1. B Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl MPA-006 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. E Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-049 ΔE 14.8 · far

Cold Yellow equivalent in Golden

  1. B Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium OPEN Acrylics 7008 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Benzimidazolone Yellow Light Fluid 2009 ΔE 4.0 · close

Cold Yellow equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Yellow Light Acrylic Colors 918 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. B Lemon Yellow Acrylic Colors 521 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Cold Yellow equivalent in Tom Color

  1. B Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer TCP-005 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B Amarelo Girassol TCUP-01 ΔE 3.5 · very close

Cold Yellow equivalent in P3

  1. B Cygnus Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Yellow Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.0 · close

Cold Yellow equivalent in Duncan

  1. C Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. D Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 5.7 · similar

Cold Yellow equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. C Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint MRP-163 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. D Yellow-green Clear Mr Paint MRP-263 ΔE 5.9 · similar

Cold Yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Reaper #F8E002 Canary Yellow Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 3.8
Humbrol #F8E000 Lemon Acrylics - Matt ΔE 3.9
The Army Painter #F9DF1C Angelic Yellow D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.9
Scale75 #F4E915 Primary Yellow Artist Range ΔE 4.1
Revell #ECEA40 Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk ΔE 4.5
Turbo Dork #FDE852 Pucker ΔE 4.6
Citadel #FFE32F Sigismund Yellow Clear Air ΔE 4.7
Arteza #EEDF63 Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 4.7
Foundry #E5D961 Raw Linen Light Paint System ΔE 4.8
Acrilex #F4EE42 Amarelo Limao Paints ΔE 4.9
Tamiya #FEE101 Flat yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.9
Italeri #FEE000 Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint ΔE 5.0
Mr. Hobby #FFE100 Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX ΔE 5.1
Apple Barrel #EBCE4C Light Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.6
Warcolours #FFF000 One-coat Yellow One-coat paints ΔE 5.9
Mig #D7C012 Gold Yellow (RLM 04 Gelb) Acrylics ΔE 6.0
Coat d'Arms #FFFD32 Ink Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash ΔE 8.0
Liquitex #FFD13E Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 8.6

Nearest colours inside Kimera Kolors

  1. E Sun Ray Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 13.8 · far
  2. E Warm Yellow Pure Pigments ΔE 16.6 · far
  3. E Yellow Oxide Pure Pigments ΔE 18.8 · far
  4. E Diarylide Yellow Expansion Set 1 ΔE 21.0 · far
  5. E Honey Moon Yellow Expansion Set 1 ΔE 22.4 · far
  6. E Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 25.6 · far

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