Ancient Honey
The Army Painter · Speedpaint Set 2.0
#EBBD21 · L*78.6 a*3.3 b*75.5
The closest match to The Army Painter Ancient Honey in every other range, nearest first.
The Army Painter Ancient Honey is a light, vivid orange. 3 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Apple Barrel Banana at ΔE 1.4. 7 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 The Army Painter Ancient Honey?
Apple Barrel Banana is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Ancient Honey in any other range, at ΔE 1.4 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Monument Transparent Yellow (ΔE 1.5) and AK Interactive Sand Yellow (ΔE 1.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Ancient Honey?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Moon Yellow, ΔE 2.2 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Ancient Honey equivalent in Apple Barrel
- A Banana Colors 20219 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- A Lemon Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21964E ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
Ancient Honey equivalent in Monument
- A Transparent Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints 049 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Warm Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints 072 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Ancient Honey equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Sand Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11035 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Clear Yellow Real Colors - Modern RC507 ΔE 2.1 · very close
Ancient Honey equivalent in Vallejo
- B Moon Yellow Game Air 76.005 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Toxic Yellow Game Air 76.109 ΔE 2.4 · very close
Ancient Honey equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- B Gold Acrysion N9 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B MS Blue Gundam Color Spray SG3 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Ancient Honey equivalent in Mig
- B Yellow Acrylics AMIG0048 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- D Gold Yellow (RLM 04 Gelb) Acrylics AMIG0125 ΔE 6.1 · similar
Ancient Honey equivalent in Scale75
- B Inktense Yellow Inktensity Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Yellow Code Warfront Range ΔE 4.2 · close
Ancient Honey equivalent in Reaper
- B Sun Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors 9008 ΔE 2.6 · very close
- C New Gold Master Series Paints Core Colors 9051 ΔE 3.6 · close
Ancient Honey equivalent in Humbrol
- B Trainer Yellow Acrylics - Matt 24 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Gold Acrylics - Metallics 16 ΔE 4.0 · close
Ancient Honey equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Traffic Yellow RAL 1023 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors MRP-A004 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- D Giallo Cromo Mr Paint MRP-310 ΔE 7.6 · similar
Ancient Honey equivalent in Warcolours
- B Metallic Bright Gold Metallic paints ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Yellow 4 Layer paints ΔE 3.4 · very close
Ancient Honey equivalent in FolkArt
- B Honey Glaze Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 2384 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Medium Yellow Acrylic Colors 455 ΔE 3.9 · close
Ancient Honey in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #DDB204 | Amarelo Piquenique | ΔE 3.1 |
| Golden | #FDC413 | Cadmium Yellow Medium Hue Fluid | ΔE 3.4 |
| Mission Models | #DFB231 | Gold | ΔE 3.5 |
| Coat d'Arms | #FDCA31 | Dusky Yellow Fantasy Range | ΔE 3.6 |
| P3 | #DCB43D | Moldy Ochre Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.0 |
| Citadel | #EFB736 | Shining Gold Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 4.0 |
| Liquitex | #F2B72B | Yellow Medium Azo Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.1 |
| Arteza | #F5CC0D | Mid Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 4.2 |
| Italeri | #EAB124 | Gold Acrylic Paint | ΔE 4.4 |
| Tamiya | #FFCC00 | Chrome yellow Spray | ΔE 4.4 |
| Foundry | #FFBF0F | Orange Light Paint System | ΔE 4.5 |
| Creature | #E2AB06 | Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 5.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #FFD246 | Orange You Glad | ΔE 5.1 |
| Green Stuff World | #FFCE53 | Golden Cream Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.2 |
| Acrilex | #FEBA11 | Amarelo Ouro Paints | ΔE 5.5 |
| Duncan | #F5D10D | Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 | ΔE 5.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E6A91D | Warm Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 6.6 |
| Revell | #FCD937 | Yellow Email Color - Matt | ΔE 7.0 |
Nearest colours inside The Army Painter
- C Daemonic Yellow Warpaints ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Daemonic Yellow Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.3 · close
- C Meteor Rock Warpaints Air ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Zealot Yellow Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Warped Yellow Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 5.8 · similar
- D Daemonic Yellow Warpaints Air ΔE 5.8 · similar
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