What is the difference between Zinc Chromate Yellow and Buff?

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

Zinc Chromate Yellow vs Buff

Zinc Chromate Yellow

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20013
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b49a3a (estimate)

Buff

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.976
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cba942 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Buff is a little lighter than Zinc Chromate Yellow.

Can I use Buff instead of Zinc Chromate Yellow?

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

Can I use Zinc Chromate Yellow instead of Buff?

The same difference applies the other way round: Zinc Chromate 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 Zinc Chromate Yellow on the colour wheel See Buff on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Zinc Chromate Yellow

Zinc Chromate Yellow vs US Interior Yellow (71.107)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Buff
Zinc Chromate Yellow vs German Yellow (70.806)Model Color · ΔE 10, close
Zinc Chromate Yellow vs Beige (70.917)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Buff

Buff vs Light Brick (A.MIG-0626)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Zinc Chromate Yellow
Buff vs Khaki (IONIC-0024)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 10, close
Buff vs Sandgelb RLM 79 (ATOM-20024)ATOM · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Zinc Chromate Yellow equivalents · Buff equivalents