What is the difference between Mustard and Yellow Ochre?

ΔE 7 (close). Yellow Ochre is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Mustard vs Yellow Ochre

Mustard

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20022
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e8a640 (estimate)

Yellow Ochre

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.913
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d6a13c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Ochre is a little darker than Mustard.

Can I use Yellow Ochre instead of Mustard?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Yellow Ochre is a little darker than Mustard.

Can I use Mustard instead of Yellow Ochre?

The same difference applies the other way round: Mustard is a little lighter.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Mustard on the colour wheel See Yellow Ochre on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Mustard

Mustard vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair
Mustard vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Mustard vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Yellow Ochre

Yellow Ochre vs Sandgelb RLM 79 (ATOM-20024)ATOM · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Mustard
Yellow Ochre vs Light Brick (A.MIG-0626)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 6, close · closer than Mustard
Yellow Ochre vs Sand Yellow (ATOM-20021)ATOM · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Mustard equivalents · Yellow Ochre equivalents