Paint Equivalents

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air)

The Army Painter · Warpaints Air

#B99029 · L*62.0 a*5.6 b*56.9

The closest match to The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Desert Yellow is a mid-toned, saturated orange. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Faded Khaki at ΔE 0.8. 15 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

This range carries the word Air, which on some labels means thinned for an airbrush and on others means colours for aircraft. The list below cannot read either. What Air means on a label, and when the Air pot is a different colour.

What is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air)?

Reaper Faded Khaki is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) in any other range, at ΔE 0.8 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World El Dorado (ΔE 2.0) and FolkArt Lemon Custard (ΔE 2.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air)?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Moss and Lichen, ΔE 4.1 — a close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Reaper

  1. A Faded Khaki Master Series Paints Core Colors 9129 ΔE 0.8 · indistinguishable
  2. B Palomino Gold Master Series Paints Core Colors 9074 ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Reaper conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A El Dorado Metallic Colors ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. D Yellow Submarine Dip Dipping Inks ΔE 5.4 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in FolkArt

  1. B Lemon Custard Acrylic Colors 735 ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. B Golden Ochre Acrylic Colors 4659 ΔE 3.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Revell

  1. B Brass Email Color - Metallic ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Sandy Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 4.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Arteza

  1. B Pearl Golden Hour Acrylic Pearl Paints A213 ΔE 2.7 · very close
  2. D Yellow Ochre Acrylic Premium Paints A104 ΔE 6.8 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Arteza conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mig

  1. B Brass Acrylics AMIG0197 ΔE 2.8 · very close
  2. C RLM 79 Sandgelb Acrylics AMIG0222 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mig conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Middle Stone Acrysion 21 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Rough Gold Mr Metallic Color GX GX217 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Kimera Kolors

  1. B Yellow Oxide Pure Pigments PY42 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C Honey Moon Yellow Expansion Set 1 PBR 24 ΔE 4.3 · close

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Bubonic Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. C Iyanden Darksun Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Wood Acrylic Paint 4673AP ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Giallo Mimetico 3 Acrylic Paint 4645AP ΔE 4.3 · close

Full The Army Painter → Italeri conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in Golden

  1. B Yellow Ochre Fluid 2407 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Yellow Oxide SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6700 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Desert Yellow (Warpaints Air) equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. C Ochre Standard (3rd Gen) AK11118 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Old Gold Metallic (3rd Gen) AK11192 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → AK Interactive conversion chart

Desert Yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
P3 #B2953D Rucksack Tan Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 3.8
Vallejo #BD9C3B Moss and Lichen Weathering FX ΔE 4.1
Scale75 #AA852D Sahara Yellow Scale Color Range ΔE 4.3
Coat d'Arms #B59816 Japanese Uniform World War II Range ΔE 5.1
Mr. Paint #BF8B38 Fine Surface Primer-sand Yellow Mr Paint ΔE 5.1
Humbrol #C69749 Desert Yellow Acrylics - Matt ΔE 5.2
Creature #BB841F Yellow Ochre Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.3
Monument #BE9953 Golden Brown Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.5
Warcolours #CD8F16 Ochre 4 Layer paints ΔE 5.7
Apple Barrel #D0A024 Sunny Day Colors ΔE 5.8
Liquitex #C08521 Yellow Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 6.0
Duncan #C69C53 Heirloom Gold Wave 3 ΔE 6.1
Tom Color #B58D4F Ochre Brown ΔE 6.6
Foundry #B39B53 Spearshaft Light Paint System ΔE 6.7
Tamiya #CCA208 Gold Spray ΔE 6.7
Mission Models #AB9353 RAF Middle Stone ΔE 7.0
Acrilex #B68031 Caramelo Paints ΔE 7.5
Turbo Dork #D6B34F All That Glitters ΔE 10.1

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Sand Golem Speedpaint Set ΔE 0.3 · indistinguishable
  2. B Desert Yellow Warpaints Primer ΔE 3.4 · very close
  3. C Bright Gold Warpaints ΔE 3.9 · close
  4. C Sand Golem Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.4 · close
  5. C Yellow Dune Warpaints Air ΔE 4.9 · close
  6. C Ki-Rin Gold D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 5.0 · close

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