What is the difference between Fiendish Yellow and Plague Brown?

ΔE 10 (close). Plague Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fiendish Yellow vs Plague Brown

Fiendish Yellow

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e49d0e (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 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Fiendish Yellow.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Fiendish Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Plague Brown is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Fiendish Yellow.

Can I use Fiendish Yellow instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fiendish Yellow is a little darker, more saturated, warmer.

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 Fiendish Yellow on the colour wheel See Plague Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fiendish Yellow

Fiendish Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Plague Brown
Fiendish Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Plague Brown
Fiendish Yellow vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Plague Brown

Other Army Painter paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Fire LizardWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 10, close
Plague Brown vs Meteor RockWarpaints Air · ΔE 11, fair
Plague Brown vs Inner LightWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Fiendish Yellow equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents