Yellow 5
Warcolours · Layer paints
#F9A626 · L*74.5 a*21.4 b*71.6
The closest match to Warcolours Yellow 5 in every other range, nearest first.
Warcolours Yellow 5 is a light, vivid orange. 7 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Reaper Lantern Yellow at ΔE 1.0. 10 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 Warcolours Yellow 5?
Reaper Lantern Yellow is the closest equivalent to Warcolours Yellow 5 in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo Golden Yellow (ΔE 1.1) and The Army Painter Phoenix Flames (ΔE 1.6).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Warcolours Yellow 5?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Golden Yellow, ΔE 1.1 — a near-perfect substitute. The full Warcolours to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Warcolours Yellow 5 Shop Reaper Lantern Yellow Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Bones set
Yellow 5 equivalent in Reaper
- A Lantern Yellow Master Series Paints Bones 9407 ΔE 1.0 · near-perfect
- C Saffron Sunset Master Series Paints Core Colors 9247 ΔE 3.7 · close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Vallejo
- A Golden Yellow Model Color 70.948 ΔE 1.1 · near-perfect
- A Imperial Yellow Xpress Color 72.403 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
Yellow 5 equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Phoenix Flames Warpaints WP1446 ΔE 1.6 · near-perfect
- B Firenewt Orange D&D Nolzur's Marvelous Pigments ΔE 3.2 · very close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Revell
- A Yellow Email Color - Silk ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- E Africa Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 10.6 · far
Yellow 5 equivalent in Golden
- A Diarylide Yellow Fluid 2147 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Fluorescent Orange-Yellow Fluorescent & Phosphorescent Colors 4640 ΔE 2.2 · very close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Apple Barrel
- A Sunbeam Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21965E ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- C Golden Yellow Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints 21966E ΔE 4.1 · close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- A Yellow Fs13538 Mr Color 329 ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Yellow Fs13538 A Aqueous Hobby Color H329 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Duncan
- B Skulker Yellow Wave 1 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Yellow Flame Wave 1 ΔE 3.3 · very close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Yellow Mr Paint MRP-224 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Giallo Mimetico Mr Paint MRP-325 ΔE 2.6 · very close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Scale75
- B SS Camo Golden Brown Warfront Range ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Neon Orange Artist Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
Yellow 5 equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Dark Flesh Standard (3rd Gen) AK11056 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B RLM 04 Air (3rd Gen) RC267 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Yellow 5 equivalent in Kimera Kolors
- B Diarylide Yellow Expansion Set 1 PY 170 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Warm Yellow Pure Pigments PY83 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Yellow 5 in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acrilex | #FBB147 | Melao Paints | ΔE 3.3 |
| P3 | #F4AF46 | Heartfire Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 3.5 |
| Italeri | #F39A1F | Yellow Acrylic Paint | ΔE 3.5 |
| Foundry | #E99B05 | Butter Fudge Light Paint System | ΔE 3.6 |
| Green Stuff World | #E39C28 | Arrakis Brown Acrylic Colors | ΔE 4.2 |
| Coat d'Arms | #FEB101 | Golden Yellow Fantasy Range | ΔE 4.6 |
| Liquitex | #E89509 | Cadmium-free Yellow Deep Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 4.6 |
| Citadel | #EC9A36 | Bronzed Flesh Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 4.7 |
| Tom Color | #FC9606 | Chama da Mula Sem Cabeça | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tamiya | #FFB300 | Camel yellow Spray | ΔE 5.2 |
| FolkArt | #DD9E2A | Medium Yellow Pure™ Artist Pigment | ΔE 5.6 |
| Humbrol | #E29207 | Brass Metallic Acrylics - Metallics | ΔE 5.7 |
| Mig | #E5910B | Light Rust Acrylics | ΔE 5.8 |
| Mission Models | #E4AE44 | New Construction Yellow (1990 to present) | ΔE 6.7 |
| Monument | #DDA55B | Flameon Bright Yellow Ochre Pro Signature Series | ΔE 7.6 |
| Turbo Dork | #F4BC64 | Gold Rush | ΔE 7.6 |
| Creature | #E2AB06 | Yellow Monument Pro Acryl Transparent | ΔE 8.2 |
| Arteza | #E4B463 | Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 8.5 |
Nearest colours inside Warcolours
- C Orange 2 Layer paints ΔE 5.0 · close
- D Ochre 3 Layer paints ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D One-coat Ochre One-coat paints ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D Fluorescent Orange Layer paints ΔE 8.9 · similar
- D Ochre 4 Layer paints ΔE 9.1 · similar
- E Yellow Inks for Shading and Glazing ΔE 10.2 · far
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