Yellow
Tamiya · Tamiya Spray · TS-16
#FFE600 · L*90.7 a*-9.4 b*89.8
The closest match to Tamiya Yellow in every other range, nearest first.
Tamiya 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
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 Tamiya Yellow?
Golden Permanent Yellow is the closest equivalent to Tamiya 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 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 Yellow Shop Golden Permanent Yellow Shop Golden SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors set
Yellow equivalent in Golden
- A Permanent Yellow SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6515 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- A Bismuth Vanadate Yellow SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6510 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
Yellow equivalent in Citadel
- A Phalanx Yellow Air ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- A Sigismund Yellow Clear Air ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
Yellow equivalent in Humbrol
- A Lemon Acrylics - Matt 99 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Yellow Acrylics - Gloss 69 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Yellow equivalent in Reaper
- A Canary Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9409 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Pale Saffron Master Series Paints Bones 9484 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Yellow equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX GX4 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- A Yellow Acrysion N4 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
Yellow equivalent in Italeri
- A Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint 4721AP ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- E Gold Acrylic Paint 4671AP ΔE 15.2 · far
Yellow equivalent in Foundry
- A Lemon Paint System 1B ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Yellow Light Paint System 2C ΔE 4.3 · close
Yellow equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Angelic Yellow D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Babe Blonde Warpaints WP1403 ΔE 2.5 · very close
Yellow equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Lemon Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11047 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Laser Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11048 ΔE 4.6 · close
Yellow equivalent in Mission Models
- B Yellow MMP-007 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Farm Tractor Yellow MMP-126 ΔE 2.3 · very close
Yellow equivalent in P3
- B Yellow Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.0 · very close
- B Cygnus Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Yellow equivalent in FolkArt
- B Yellow Light Acrylic Colors 918 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- D Bumblebee Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 99236 ΔE 5.9 · similar
Yellow in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- A Clear yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- A Lemon yellow Acrylics Mini Gloss ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- A Clear yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
- A Flat yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Pure yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint ΔE 4.5 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot