Paint Equivalents

Lemon yellow

Tamiya · Acrylics Mini Gloss · X-8

#FFE600 · L*90.7 a*-9.4 b*89.8

The closest match to Tamiya Lemon yellow in every other range, nearest first.

Tamiya Lemon yellow is a very light, vivid yellow. 9 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Golden Permanent Yellow at ΔE 0.9. 6 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

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What is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Lemon yellow?

Golden Permanent Yellow is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Lemon yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Phalanx Yellow (ΔE 1.2) and Humbrol Lemon (ΔE 1.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Lemon yellow?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Fluorescent Yellow, ΔE 2.8 — a very close substitute. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Tamiya Lemon yellow Shop Golden Permanent Yellow Shop Golden SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors set

Lemon yellow equivalent in Golden

  1. A Permanent Yellow SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6515 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Bismuth Vanadate Yellow SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6510 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Golden conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Phalanx Yellow Air ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
  2. A Sigismund Yellow Clear Air ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Citadel conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Lemon Acrylics - Matt 99 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Yellow Acrylics - Gloss 69 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full Tamiya → Humbrol conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Canary Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9409 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  2. B Pale Saffron Master Series Paints Bones 9484 ΔE 3.1 · very close

Full Tamiya → Reaper conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX GX4 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
  2. A Yellow Acrysion N4 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect

Full Tamiya → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in Italeri

  1. A Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint 4721AP ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. E Gold Acrylic Paint 4671AP ΔE 15.2 · far

Full Tamiya → Italeri conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Lemon Paint System 1B ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Yellow Light Paint System 2C ΔE 4.3 · close

Full Tamiya → Foundry conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. A Angelic Yellow D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Babe Blonde Warpaints WP1403 ΔE 2.5 · very close

Full Tamiya → The Army Painter conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. A Lemon Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11047 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Laser Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11048 ΔE 4.6 · close

Full Tamiya → AK Interactive conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Yellow MMP-007 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Farm Tractor Yellow MMP-126 ΔE 2.3 · very close

Full Tamiya → Mission Models conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in P3

  1. B Yellow Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. B Cygnus Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full Tamiya → P3 conversion chart

Lemon yellow equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Yellow Light Acrylic Colors 918 ΔE 2.1 · very close
  2. D Bumblebee Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 99236 ΔE 5.9 · similar

Full Tamiya → FolkArt conversion chart

Lemon yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Tom Color #F8E52F Amarelo Girassol ΔE 2.1
Creature #F3E21F Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 2.4
Scale75 #FFEF00 Marduk Yellow Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 2.6
Monument #F2DD26 Fluorescent Yellow Pro Signature Series ΔE 2.8
Vallejo #F2E500 Fluorescent Yellow Premium Airbrush Color ΔE 2.8
Warcolours #FFF000 One-coat Yellow One-coat paints ΔE 2.9
Green Stuff World #F2DE2F Burning Gold Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 3.0
Turbo Dork #FFE145 Bees Knees ΔE 3.5
Mr. Paint #F0D500 Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint ΔE 3.9
Revell #FDDA38 Yellow Email Color - Gloss ΔE 4.3
Duncan #F5E350 Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 4.4
Kimera Kolors #E5D828 Cold Yellow Pure Pigments ΔE 5.0
Acrilex #F4EE42 Amarelo Limao Paints ΔE 5.2
Coat d'Arms #FFFD32 Ink Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash ΔE 6.5
Arteza #F5CC0D Mid Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 6.9
Apple Barrel #EBCE4C Light Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints ΔE 7.6
Liquitex #FFD13E Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 7.9
Mig #EBC30B Yellow Acrylics ΔE 8.7

Nearest colours inside Tamiya

  1. A Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  2. A Yellow Spray ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
  3. A Clear yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  4. A Flat yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
  5. B Pure yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 2.9 · very close
  6. C Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.5 · close

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