Metallic gold
Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-84
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The closest match to Tamiya Metallic gold in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya Metallic gold is a very light, moderately saturated yellow. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Coat d'Arms Buff, ΔE 0.7. 16 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 Tamiya Metallic gold?
Coat d'Arms Buff is the closest equivalent to Tamiya Metallic gold in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: AK Interactive Bsc. Nº64 Portland Stone (ΔE 2.2) and Reaper Creamy Ivory (ΔE 2.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tamiya Metallic gold?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Sand, ΔE 5.4 — similar, close enough to stand in only where the colour is not the point. The full Tamiya to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tamiya Metallic gold Shop Coat d'Arms Buff Shop Coat d'Arms Military Range set
Metallic gold equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- A Buff Military Range 228 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
- C Pale Sand World War II Range 522 ΔE 4.9 · close
Metallic gold equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Bsc. Nº64 Portland Stone AFV AK4031 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Cremeweiss AFV (3rd Gen) AK11333 ΔE 3.0 · very close
Metallic gold equivalent in Reaper
- B Creamy Ivory Master Series Paints Core Colors 9144 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Bloodless Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9150 ΔE 2.8 · very close
Metallic gold equivalent in Liquitex
- B Light Bismuth Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix 156 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Parchment Heavy Body Acrylix 436 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Metallic gold equivalent in Mig
- B RAL 7028 Dunkelgelb AUS ’44 Dg IIi Acrylics AMIG0012 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Dunkelgelb High Light Acrylics AMIG0904 ΔE 3.5 · close
Metallic gold equivalent in Scale75
- B Panzer Yellow Warfront Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Phoenix Egg Instant Colors Range ΔE 4.4 · close
Metallic gold equivalent in Foundry
- B Bone yard Paint System 9B ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C British Equipment Canvas Paint System 90B ΔE 4.6 · close
Metallic gold equivalent in Tom Color
- B Primer Acrílico Flesh Base Primer TCP-004 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Buff (drybrush) TC-0244 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Metallic gold equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Pallid Bone Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Skeleton Bone Warpaints Primer CP3012 ΔE 3.8 · close
Metallic gold equivalent in Acrilex
- C Ocre Paints 904 ΔE 3.5 · close
- D Amarelo Bebe Paints 808 ΔE 8.2 · similar
Metallic gold equivalent in Mission Models
- C British Sand Yellow Modern AFV MMP-039 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Radome Tan FS 33613 MMP-070 ΔE 4.6 · close
Metallic gold equivalent in P3
- C 'Jack Bone Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Jack Bone Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.7 · close
Metallic gold in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Paint | #C9C598 | Grünblau Mr Paint | ΔE 4.5 |
| Creature | #D5C18F | Olive Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.9 |
| FolkArt | #EEE5A2 | French Vanilla Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.0 |
| Citadel | #C8C483 | Tyrant Skull Dry | ΔE 5.3 |
| Italeri | #E0C68F | Light Flesh Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.4 |
| Vallejo | #DAC497 | Sand Mecha Color | ΔE 5.4 |
| Humbrol | #ECD68A | Cream Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 5.5 |
| Warcolours | #E5E1BB | Ochre 1 Layer paints | ΔE 5.5 |
| Duncan | #E5E6AC | Twin Suns Yellow Wave 3 | ΔE 5.6 |
| Monument | #D5D0B3 | Ivory Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.5 |
| Apple Barrel | #DAD3B7 | Antique Parchment Colors | ΔE 6.7 |
| Mr. Hobby | #D7E1AC | Duck Egg Green Mr Color | ΔE 7.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #D1C2A3 | Deck Grey Acrylic Colors | ΔE 7.3 |
| Golden | #DFC07B | Naples Yellow Hue Fluid | ΔE 7.6 |
| Kimera Kolors | #FDF6AD | Sun Ray Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 8.6 |
| Arteza | #FEE6C2 | Light Apricot Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 9.2 |
| Revell | #CFB487 | Beige Email Color - Silk | ΔE 9.2 |
| Turbo Dork | #B2B954 | Summoning Sickness | ΔE 12.5 |
Nearest colours inside Tamiya
- B Titanium gold Lacquer Paint ΔE 2.8 · very close
- B Champagne gold Lacquer Paint ΔE 3.2 · very close
- D Titanium gold Spray ΔE 6.1 · similar
- D Champagne gold Spray ΔE 6.8 · similar
- D Titanium gold Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 7.3 · similar
- D Sky Acrylics Mini Flat ΔE 8.8 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot