What is the difference between Primary Yellow and Moon Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). Moon Yellow is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Yellow vs Moon Yellow

Primary Yellow

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0018
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f4e400 (estimate)

Moon Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.005
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eed70c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Moon Yellow is a little darker, more muted than Primary Yellow.

Can I use Moon Yellow instead of Primary Yellow?

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

Can I use Primary Yellow instead of Moon Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Primary Yellow on the colour wheel See Moon Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Primary Yellow

Primary Yellow vs Lemon Yellow (70.952)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Primary Yellow vs Bile Green (72.122)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair
Primary Yellow vs Light Yellow (70.949)Model Color · ΔE 18, loose

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Moon Yellow

Moon Yellow vs Sunny Yellow (A.MIG-0639)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Primary Yellow
Moon Yellow vs Sunny Yellow (ATOM-20019)ATOM · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Primary Yellow
Moon Yellow vs Yellow (IONIC-0019)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Primary Yellow equivalents · Moon Yellow equivalents