Cygnus Yellow
P3 · Privateer Press Formula P3
#F7E52D · L*89.9 a*-11.6 b*82.5
The closest match to P3 Cygnus Yellow in every other range, nearest first.
P3 Cygnus Yellow is a very light, vivid yellow. 9 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Tom Color Amarelo Girassol at ΔE 0.2. 5 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 P3 Cygnus Yellow?
Tom Color Amarelo Girassol is the closest equivalent to P3 Cygnus Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.2 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Creature Golden Yellow (ΔE 0.8) and Green Stuff World Banana Split (ΔE 1.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to P3 Cygnus Yellow?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Fluorescent Yellow, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full P3 to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop P3 Cygnus Yellow Shop Tom Color Amarelo Girassol
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Tom Color
- A Amarelo Girassol TCUP-01 ΔE 0.2 · indistinguishable
- C Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer TCP-005 ΔE 4.8 · close
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Creature
- A Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl MPA-006 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
- E Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent MPA-049 ΔE 16.2 · far
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Banana Split Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Burning Gold Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Golden
- A Benzimidazolone Yellow Light Fluid 2009 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
- A Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue Heavy Body 1554 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in FolkArt
- A Yellow Light Acrylic Colors 918 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- D Lemon Yellow Acrylic Colors 521 ΔE 5.7 · similar
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Foundry
- A Lemon Paint System 1B ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Yellow Light Paint System 2C ΔE 3.1 · very close
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Vallejo
- A Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color 62.031 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- A Lemon Yellow Arte Deco 85.007 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Monument
- A Fluorescent Yellow Pro Signature Series F03 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- D Golden Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints 006 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Scale75
- A Primary Yellow Artist Range ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Marduk Yellow Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 2.7 · very close
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Reaper
- B Canary Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9409 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Lemon Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9009 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in Humbrol
- B Lemon Acrylics - Matt 99 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- C Yellow Acrylics - Gloss 69 ΔE 4.1 · close
Cygnus Yellow equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Angelic Yellow D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 2.2 · very close
- C Babe Blonde Warpaints WP1403 ΔE 3.6 · close
Cygnus Yellow in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiya | #FFE600 | Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss | ΔE 2.2 |
| Citadel | #FFE32F | Sigismund Yellow Clear Air | ΔE 2.4 |
| Turbo Dork | #FDE852 | Pucker | ΔE 2.6 |
| Duncan | #F5E350 | Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 | ΔE 2.6 |
| Mission Models | #F7DC13 | Farm Tractor Yellow | ΔE 2.8 |
| AK Interactive | #FFE121 | Lemon Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) | ΔE 2.9 |
| Warcolours | #FFF000 | One-coat Yellow One-coat paints | ΔE 2.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #FFE100 | Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX | ΔE 3.1 |
| Italeri | #FEE000 | Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.1 |
| Acrilex | #F4EE42 | Amarelo Limao Paints | ΔE 3.3 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E5D828 | Cold Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 3.4 |
| Revell | #ECEA40 | Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk | ΔE 3.9 |
| Mr. Paint | #F0D500 | Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint | ΔE 4.0 |
| Arteza | #EEDF63 | Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #FFFD32 | Ink Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash | ΔE 5.7 |
| Apple Barrel | #EBCE4C | Light Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.9 |
| Liquitex | #FFD13E | Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 8.4 |
| Mig | #D7C012 | Gold Yellow (RLM 04 Gelb) Acrylics | ΔE 8.7 |
Nearest colours inside P3
- A Yellow Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- D Sulfuric Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Rhulic Gold Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 8.0 · similar
- E Solid Gold Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 11.7 · far
- E Moldy Ochre Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 13.5 · far
- E Menoth White Base Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 17.2 · far
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