Paint Equivalents

Diarylide Yellow

Kimera Kolors · Kimera Kolors Expansion Set 1 · PY 170

#EAA339 · L*72.2 a*17.3 b*62.3

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

Kimera Kolors Diarylide Yellow is a light, vivid orange. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being AK Interactive Dark Flesh at ΔE 0.3. 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 Diarylide Yellow?

AK Interactive Dark Flesh is the closest equivalent to Kimera Kolors Diarylide Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.3 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Yellow Ochre (ΔE 0.8) and Golden Naples Yellow Deep (ΔE 0.8).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Kimera Kolors Diarylide Yellow?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Yellow Ochre, ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full Kimera Kolors to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Kimera Kolors Diarylide Yellow Shop AK Interactive Dark Flesh Shop AK Interactive Standard (3rd Gen) set

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Dark Flesh Standard (3rd Gen) AK11056 ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. B British Sand Yellow AFV (3rd Gen) AK11362 ΔE 2.6 · very close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Yellow Ochre Mecha Color 69.032 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. A Natural Wood Grain Model Color 70.834 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Golden

  1. A Naples Yellow Deep SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6695 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. B Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide Heavy Body 1386 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Bronzed Skin Highlight Master Series Paints Core Colors 9261 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Lantern Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9407 ΔE 3.4 · very close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Flaming Forge Orange Wave 2 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. C Skulker Yellow Wave 1 ΔE 3.7 · close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Yellow Mr Paint MRP-224 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. B Giallo Mimetico Mr Paint MRP-325 ΔE 2.8 · very close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. B Arrakis Brown Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.2 · very close
  2. D Go Mango Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.5 · similar

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Sunbeam Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21965E ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Golden Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21966E ΔE 3.5 · close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Warcolours

  1. B Yellow 5 Layer paints ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. B Ochre 3 Layer paints ΔE 3.5 · very close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in P3

  1. B Heartfire Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. C Blazing Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.9 · close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Medium Yellow Pure™ Artist Pigment 7102 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Turner Yellow Acrylic Colors 679 ΔE 3.6 · close

Diarylide Yellow equivalent in Foundry

  1. B Butter Fudge Light Paint System 55C ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B Ochre Paint System 4B ΔE 3.4 · very close

Diarylide Yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Scale75 #F0A001 SS Camo Golden Brown Warfront Range ΔE 3.3
Mr. Hobby #F5A200 Yellow Fs13538 Mr Color ΔE 3.7
Citadel #EC9A36 Bronzed Flesh Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.7
Tamiya #D89C42 Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 3.8
The Army Painter #F7A103 Phoenix Flames Warpaints ΔE 3.8
Acrilex #FBB147 Melao Paints ΔE 3.9
Italeri #F39A1F Yellow Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.0
Liquitex #E89509 Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 4.2
Humbrol #D69C4A Sand Acrylics - Matt ΔE 4.6
Revell #FEA500 Yellow Email Color - Silk ΔE 4.6
Monument #DDA55B Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre Pro Signature Series ΔE 4.9
Mission Models #E4AE44 New Construction Yellow (1990 to present) ΔE 5.0
Mig #E5910B Light Rust Acrylics ΔE 5.1
Coat d'Arms #FEB101 Golden Yellow Fantasy Range ΔE 6.3
Tom Color #FC9606 Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça ΔE 6.4
Creature #DBAC44 Golden Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 6.5
Arteza #E4B463 Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 6.6
Turbo Dork #F4BC64 Gold Rush ΔE 6.8

Nearest colours inside Kimera Kolors

  1. D Warm Yellow Pure Pigments ΔE 5.2 · similar
  2. D Honey Moon Yellow Expansion Set 1 ΔE 7.4 · similar
  3. D Yellow Oxide Pure Pigments ΔE 8.5 · similar
  4. E Caucasian Skintone Danilo Cartacci Signature Set ΔE 16.4 · far
  5. E Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 19.9 · far
  6. E Cold Yellow Pure Pigments ΔE 21.0 · far

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