What is the difference between Pure Yellow and Plague Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Plague Brown is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pure Yellow vs Plague Brown

Pure Yellow

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-529
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f1bc2f (estimate)

Plague Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.039
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e0ab24 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Brown is a little darker than Pure Yellow.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Pure Yellow?

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

Can I use Pure Yellow instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pure Yellow 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 Pure Yellow on the colour wheel See Plague Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pure Yellow

Pure Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 7, close
Pure Yellow vs Deep Yellow (70.915)Model Color · ΔE 10, close
Pure Yellow vs Sand Yellow (70.916)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Light Rust (A.MIG-0610)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 10, close
Plague Brown vs Sandgelb RLM 79 (ATOM-20024)ATOM · ΔE 10, close
Plague Brown vs Lemon Yellow (ATOM-20017)ATOM · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Pure Yellow equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents