Paint Equivalents

Yellow (Email Color - Silk)

Revell · Email Color - Silk

#FEA500 · L*74.8 a*23.5 b*78.8

The closest match to Revell Yellow (Email Color - Silk) in every other range, nearest first.

Revell Yellow is a light, vivid orange. 6 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Diarylide Yellow at ΔE 0.6. 11 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

The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.

What is the closest equivalent to Revell Yellow (Email Color - Silk)?

Golden Diarylide Yellow is the closest equivalent to Revell Yellow (Email Color - Silk) in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Lantern Yellow (ΔE 1.3) and The Army Painter Phoenix Flames (ΔE 1.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Revell Yellow (Email Color - Silk)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Sun Yellow, ΔE 1.6 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Revell to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Golden

  1. A Diarylide Yellow Fluid 2147 ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. B Fluorescent Orange-Yellow Fluorescent & Phosphorescent Colors 4640 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Revell → Golden conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Lantern Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9407 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C Saffron Sunset Master Series Paints Core Colors 9247 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full Revell → Reaper conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Phoenix Flames Warpaints WP1446 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Firenewt Orange D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Revell → The Army Painter conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A Sun Yellow Game Color 72.006 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A Transparent Yellow Model Color 70.937 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect

Full Revell → Vallejo conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Warcolours

  1. A Yellow 5 Layer paints ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. D Orange 2 Layer paints ΔE 5.7 · similar

Full Revell → Warcolours conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Yellow Fs13538 Mr Color 329 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. B Yellow Fs13538 A Aqueous Hobby Color H329 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Full Revell → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Duncan

  1. B Skulker Yellow Wave 1 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. C Yellow Flame Wave 1 ΔE 3.8 · close

Full Revell → Duncan conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Sunbeam Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21965E ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Golden Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21966E ΔE 4.8 · close

Full Revell → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Scale75

  1. B SS Camo Golden Brown Warfront Range ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Neon Orange Artist Range ΔE 3.0 · very close

Full Revell → Scale75 conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. B RLM 04 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A050 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. B Giallo Mimetico Mr Paint MRP-325 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Revell → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B RLM 04 Air (3rd Gen) RC267 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. B Faded Yellow -5- Figures AK3038 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full Revell → AK Interactive conversion chart

Yellow (Email Color - Silk) equivalent in Foundry

  1. C Butter Fudge Light Paint System 55C ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. D Ochre Paint System 4B ΔE 5.8 · similar

Full Revell → Foundry conversion chart

Yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Italeri #F39A1F Yellow Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.1
Coat d'Arms #FEB101 Golden Yellow Fantasy Range ΔE 4.3
Acrilex #FBB147 Melao Paints ΔE 4.5
Kimera Kolors #EAA339 Diarylide Yellow Expansion Set 1 ΔE 4.6
P3 #F4AF46 Heartfire Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.9
Tamiya #FFB300 Camel yellow Spray ΔE 4.9
Green Stuff World #FFA032 Go Mango Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.9
Liquitex #E89509 Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 5.0
Tom Color #FC9606 Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça ΔE 5.2
Citadel #EC9A36 Bronzed Flesh Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 5.8
Humbrol #E29207 Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics ΔE 6.2
Mig #E5910B Light Rust Acrylics ΔE 6.2
FolkArt #DD9E2A Medium Yellow Pure™ Artist Pigment ΔE 6.5
Mission Models #E4AE44 New Construction Yellow (1990 to present) ΔE 7.8
Creature #E2AB06 Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 8.6
Turbo Dork #F4BC64 Gold Rush ΔE 8.9
Monument #DDA55B Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre Pro Signature Series ΔE 9.2
Arteza #E4B463 Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints ΔE 9.9

Nearest colours inside Revell

  1. E Africa Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 12.1 · far
  2. E Brass Email Color - Metallic ΔE 13.2 · far
  3. E Clear Orange Email Color - Gloss ΔE 14.7 · far
  4. E Flesh Email Color - Matt ΔE 15.4 · far
  5. E Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 15.5 · far
  6. E Gold Email Color - Metallic ΔE 16.9 · far

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