What is the difference between Poison Yellow and Light Yellow?

ΔE 8 (close). Light Yellow is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Poison Yellow vs Light Yellow

Poison Yellow

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0016
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d7c826 (estimate)

Light Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.949
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f0d037 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Yellow is a little lighter than Poison Yellow.

Can I use Light Yellow instead of Poison Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Light Yellow is a little lighter than Poison Yellow.

Can I use Poison Yellow instead of Light Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Poison Yellow is a little darker.

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 Poison Yellow on the colour wheel See Light Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Poison Yellow

Poison Yellow vs Lemon Yellow (70.952)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Yellow
Poison Yellow vs Deep Yellow (70.915)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Poison Yellow vs Moon Yellow (72.005)Game Color · ΔE 12, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Light Yellow

Light Yellow vs Yellow (IONIC-0019)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 9, close
Light Yellow vs Sunny Yellow (ATOM-20019)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair
Light Yellow vs Lemon Yellow (ATOM-20017)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Poison Yellow equivalents · Light Yellow equivalents