Ancient Honey vs Inktense Yellow

Ancient Honey

Brand
Army Painter
Range
Speedpaint 2.0
Type
a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch
#f0b800 (estimate)

Inktense Yellow

Brand
Scale75
Range
Inktensity
Code
SC86
Type
an ink, glaze or transparent paint
Swatch
#fac735 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Inktense Yellow is a little lighter, more muted than Ancient Honey. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Ancient Honey is a one-coat contrast-style paint and Scale75 Inktense Yellow is an ink, glaze or transparent paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use Inktense Yellow instead of Ancient Honey?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Inktense Yellow is a little lighter, more muted than Ancient Honey. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Ancient Honey instead of Inktense Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ancient Honey is a little darker, 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 Ancient Honey on the colour wheel See Inktense Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Ancient Honey

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