Paint Equivalents

Maize Yellow

The Army Painter · Speedpaint Set 2.0

#F6D31F · L*85.1 a*-3.4 b*81.7

The closest match to The Army Painter Maize Yellow in every other range, nearest first.

The Army Painter Maize Yellow is a very light, vivid yellow. 12 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Duncan Serpent Eye Yellow at ΔE 0.7. 3 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 The Army Painter Maize Yellow?

Duncan Serpent Eye Yellow is the closest equivalent to The Army Painter Maize Yellow in any other range, at ΔE 0.7 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Cyber Yellow (ΔE 1.0) and FolkArt Bumblebee (ΔE 1.6).

What is the Vallejo alternative to The Army Painter Maize Yellow?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Light Yellow, ΔE 2.7 — a very close substitute. The full The Army Painter to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

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Maize Yellow equivalent in Duncan

  1. A Serpent Eye Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 0.7 · indistinguishable
  2. D Sun Bleach Yellow Wave 3 ΔE 5.6 · similar

Full The Army Painter → Duncan conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Green Stuff World

  1. A Cyber Yellow Acrylic Colors ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
  2. C Burning Gold Chameleon Colorshift Metallic ΔE 4.2 · close

Full The Army Painter → Green Stuff World conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in FolkArt

  1. A Bumblebee Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics 99236 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Yellow Light Pure™ Artist Pigment 6387 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full The Army Painter → FolkArt conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in P3

  1. A Sulfuric Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. C Rhulic Gold Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → P3 conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Revell

  1. A Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
  2. A Yellow Email Color - Gloss ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Revell conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Golden

  1. A Benzimidazolone Yellow Medium Fluid 2008 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A Hansa Yellow Opaque Fluid 2191 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full The Army Painter → Golden conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Tamiya

  1. A Mixing yellow Lacquer Paint LP-83 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. C Flat yellow Lacquer Paint LP-80 ΔE 3.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Tamiya conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Sulfur Yellow Instant Colors Range ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. B Intense Yellow Artist Range ΔE 2.0 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Scale75 conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Foundry

  1. A Yellow Paint System 2B ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
  2. C Ochre Light Paint System 4C ΔE 4.7 · close

Full The Army Painter → Foundry conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Humbrol

  1. A Yellow Aerosol Sprays S69 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Yellow Acrylics - Gloss 69 ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Humbrol conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Citadel

  1. A Yriel Yellow Layer ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. B Sunburst Yellow Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 2.1 · very close

Full The Army Painter → Citadel conversion chart

Maize Yellow equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. A Clear Yellow Acrysion N91 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  2. C Chiara Yellow Mr Color GX GX4 ΔE 3.6 · close

Full The Army Painter → Mr. Hobby conversion chart

Maize Yellow in the remaining ranges

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

RangeNearest paintDistance
Warcolours #FFD416 Yellow 3 Layer paints ΔE 2.0
AK Interactive #FFD409 Radiant Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 2.1
Arteza #F5CC0D Mid Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 2.1
Mr. Paint #F0D500 Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint ΔE 2.2
Reaper #FEDD2C Pale Saffron Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 2.3
Vallejo #F8D346 Light Yellow Model Color ΔE 2.7
Mission Models #F3C901 Iridescent Lemon Yellow ΔE 2.8
Apple Barrel #ECC71D Canary Yellow Colors ΔE 2.9
Tom Color #EBD238 Primer Acrílico Zinc Chromate Yellow Primer ΔE 2.9
Monument #E9D035 Golden Yellow Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 3.0
Italeri #FEE000 Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint ΔE 3.4
Turbo Dork #FFE145 Bees Knees ΔE 3.5
Liquitex #FFD13E Yellow Light Hansa Heavy Body Acrylix ΔE 3.7
Mig #EBC30B Yellow Acrylics ΔE 3.9
Coat d'Arms #FDCA31 Dusky Yellow Fantasy Range ΔE 4.9
Creature #F3E21F Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 5.2
Kimera Kolors #E5D828 Cold Yellow Pure Pigments ΔE 5.4
Acrilex #F4EE42 Amarelo Limao Paints ΔE 8.6

Nearest colours inside The Army Painter

  1. A Zealot Yellow Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Daemonic Yellow Warpaints Primer ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  3. A Daemonic Yellow Warpaints Air ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  4. A Zealot Yellow Speedpaint Set ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  5. B Babe Blonde Warpaints ΔE 2.5 · very close
  6. B Neon Yellow Warpaints Air ΔE 2.8 · very close

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