Cadmium-free Yellow Medium
Liquitex · Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylix · 890
#DEA301 · L*70.7 a*10.9 b*74.2
The closest match to Liquitex Cadmium-free Yellow Medium in every other range, nearest first.
Liquitex Cadmium-free Yellow Medium is a light, vivid orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Mr. Hobby Cream Yellow at ΔE 1.6. 8 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 Liquitex Cadmium-free Yellow Medium?
Mr. Hobby Cream Yellow is the closest equivalent to Liquitex Cadmium-free Yellow Medium in any other range, at ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Kimera Kolors Warm Yellow (ΔE 2.0) and Citadel Zamesi Desert (ΔE 2.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Liquitex Cadmium-free Yellow Medium?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Yellow, ΔE 2.6 — a very close substitute. The full Liquitex to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Liquitex Cadmium-free Yellow Medium Shop Mr. Hobby Cream Yellow Shop Mr. Hobby Acrysion set
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Cream Yellow Acrysion N34 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- C Clear Brown Mr Clear Color GX GX109 ΔE 4.0 · close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- A Warm Yellow Pure Pigments PY83 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Yellow Oxide Pure Pigments PY42 ΔE 5.4 · similar
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Citadel
- B Zamesi Desert Layer ΔE 2.4 · very close
- D Shining Gold Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.3 · similar
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Creature
- B Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-049 ΔE 2.4 · very close
- C Golden Brown Monument Pro Acryl MPA-017 ΔE 4.7 · close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Foundry
- B Lemon Shade Paint System 1A ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Raw Linen Paint System 30B ΔE 3.0 · very close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Vallejo
- B Yellow Game Color 72.085 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- B Yellow Mecha Color 69.004 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Golden Yellow Gloss™ 21395 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Sunny Day Colors 21384 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Humbrol
- B Gold Aerosol Sprays S16 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Gold Acrylics - Metallics 16 ΔE 3.6 · close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Dirty Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11043 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C British Sand Yellow AFV (3rd Gen) AK11362 ΔE 4.2 · close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in FolkArt
- C Medium Yellow Pure™ Artist Pigment 7102 ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Moon Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2911 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Reaper
- C Saffron Sunset Master Series Paints Core Colors 9247 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Ogre Skin Master Series Paints Bones 9459 ΔE 4.4 · close
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium equivalent in Italeri
- C Gold Acrylic Paint 4671AP ΔE 3.7 · close
- D Giallo Mimetico 3 Acrylic Paint 4645AP ΔE 6.7 · similar
Cadmium-free Yellow Medium in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Paint | #F1AA00 | Giallo Cromo Mr Paint | ΔE 3.8 |
| Scale75 | #DAAC22 | Naples Yellow Artist Range | ΔE 3.9 |
| Warcolours | #DB9D2C | Ochre 3 Layer paints | ΔE 3.9 |
| Arteza | #D2A702 | Yellow Pale Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.4 |
| Mission Models | #E4AE44 | New Construction Yellow (1990 to present) | ΔE 4.5 |
| Green Stuff World | #F4B11A | Amber Orange Candy Ink Metallic | ΔE 4.5 |
| Tom Color | #F4B215 | FS 13655 | ΔE 4.6 |
| Tamiya | #CCA208 | Gold Spray | ΔE 4.6 |
| Golden | #EFAA31 | Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide Heavy Body | ΔE 4.7 |
| The Army Painter | #CB9413 | Sand Golem Speedpaint Set 2.0 | ΔE 5.0 |
| Duncan | #F8AF2B | Yellow Flame Wave 1 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Mig | #D8A64F | Sand Yellow Acrylics | ΔE 6.1 |
| Coat d'Arms | #FEB101 | Golden Yellow Fantasy Range | ΔE 6.2 |
| P3 | #DCB43D | Moldy Ochre Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.3 |
| Monument | #E6B802 | Transparent Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.6 |
| Acrilex | #FEBA11 | Amarelo Ouro Paints | ΔE 6.8 |
| Revell | #BE8F03 | Brass Email Color - Metallic | ΔE 7.3 |
| Turbo Dork | #D6B34F | All That Glitters | ΔE 7.6 |
Nearest colours inside Liquitex
- D Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.3 · similar
- D Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.4 · similar
- D Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 9.2 · similar
- D Turner’s Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 9.7 · similar
- E Yellow Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.4 · far
- E Cadmium-free Yellow Light Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 10.7 · far
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