Fire Drake vs Mars Yellow

Fire Drake

Brand
Army Painter
Range
Speedpaint 2.0
Type
a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch
#c0623a (estimate)

Mars Yellow

Brand
Golden
Range
Heavy Body Acrylics
Type
an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch
#aa542d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Mars Yellow is a little darker than Fire Drake. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Fire Drake is a one-coat contrast-style paint and Golden Mars Yellow is an opaque base/layer paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use Mars Yellow instead of Fire Drake?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Mars Yellow is a little darker than Fire Drake. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Fire Drake instead of Mars Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fire Drake 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 Fire Drake on the colour wheel See Mars Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Golden paints close to Fire Drake

Other Army Painter paints close to Mars Yellow

All matches: Fire Drake equivalents · Mars Yellow equivalents

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