Metallic Sand
Warcolours · Metallic paints
#FEFF5F · L*97.4 a*-19.3 b*73.5
The closest match to Warcolours Metallic Sand in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Metallic Sand is a very light, vivid yellow. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Coat d'Arms Super Wash Yellow at ΔE 0.9. 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 is a metallic range, and the value above is one flat-on reading of a surface built to change with the angle. Most of the matches below have no flake in them at all. How to read a match to a metallic, and how to spot one in a list.
What is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Metallic Sand?
Coat d'Arms Super Wash Yellow is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Metallic Sand in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Green Stuff World Yellow (ΔE 1.8) and Golden Fluorescent Yellow (ΔE 2.8).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Metallic Sand?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Neon Yellow, ΔE 4.8 — a close substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Warcolours Metallic Sand Shop Coat d'Arms Super Wash Yellow
Metallic Sand equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- A Super Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash 173 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- B Ink Wash Yellow Fantasy Range - Ink Wash 168 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Metallic Sand equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Yellow Fluor Metallic ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Citrine Yellow Candy Ink Metallic ΔE 2.9 · very close
Metallic Sand equivalent in Golden
- B Fluorescent Yellow SoFlat Matte Acrylic Colors 6770 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Bismuth Vanadate Yellow Heavy Body 1007 ΔE 3.8 · close
Metallic Sand equivalent in Citadel
- B Dorn Yellow Layer ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Hexos Palesun Dry ΔE 3.0 · very close
Metallic Sand equivalent in Scale75
- B Neon Yellow Artist Range ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Lemon Yellow Artist Range ΔE 4.3 · close
Metallic Sand equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Lens Flare Glow Warpaints Fanatic Wash ΔE 3.4 · very close
- D Cosmic Dust Warpaints Air ΔE 8.1 · similar
Metallic Sand equivalent in Acrilex
- C Amarelo Limao Paints 504 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Verde Alecrim Paints 898 ΔE 9.6 · similar
Metallic Sand equivalent in Foundry
- C Lemon Light Paint System 1C ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Yellow Light Paint System 2C ΔE 6.4 · similar
Metallic Sand equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Laser Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11048 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Fluorescent Yellow Standard (3rd Gen) AK11049 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Metallic Sand equivalent in Mr. Paint
- C Luminous Yellow RAL 1026 Mr Paint MRP-192 ΔE 4.5 · close
- E Sulfur Yellow RAL 1016 Mr Paint MRP-163 ΔE 10.8 · far
Metallic Sand equivalent in Revell
- C Luminous Yellow Email Color - Silk ΔE 4.5 · close
- E Yellow Email Color - Gloss ΔE 10.9 · far
Metallic Sand equivalent in Tom Color
- C Amarelo TC-0158 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Amarelo Girassol TCUP-01 ΔE 7.0 · similar
Metallic Sand in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan | #F2F075 | Yellow Glaze Wave 2 | ΔE 4.6 |
| Reaper | #F9F404 | Clear Yellow Master Series Paints Core Colors | ΔE 4.8 |
| Vallejo | #FFF170 | Neon Yellow Arte Deco Colores Fluoresecents | ΔE 4.8 |
| Mr. Hobby | #FFF100 | Fluorescent Yellow Acrysion | ΔE 5.9 |
| Liquitex | #E1ED6D | Fluorescent Yellow Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 6.0 |
| Apple Barrel | #F3ED7D | Neon Yellow Colors | ΔE 6.0 |
| Tamiya | #FFF001 | Pure yellow Lacquer Paint | ΔE 6.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #FDE852 | Pucker | ΔE 6.5 |
| P3 | #FBE734 | Yellow Ink Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.8 |
| Creature | #F3E21F | Golden Yellow Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 7.4 |
| FolkArt | #F8EA81 | Lemon Silk Multi-Surface Pearl Acrylics | ΔE 7.5 |
| Arteza | #EEDF63 | Lemon Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 7.7 |
| Monument | #F2DD26 | Fluorescent Yellow Pro Signature Series | ΔE 8.5 |
| Kimera Kolors | #E5D828 | Cold Yellow Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.7 |
| Humbrol | #F8E000 | Lemon Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.8 |
| Mission Models | #F7DC13 | Farm Tractor Yellow | ΔE 9.6 |
| Italeri | #FEE000 | Insigna Yellow Acrylic Paint | ΔE 9.7 |
| Mig | #D8CD73 | Faded Yellow Acrylics | ΔE 12.9 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- B Olive 1 Layer paints ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Yellow Glaze Glazing paints ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Transparent Yellow Transparent paints ΔE 2.9 · very close
- D Fluorescent Yellow Layer paints ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Metallic Green Metallic paints ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Green 1 Layer paints ΔE 5.9 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot