What is the difference between Fire Giant Orange and Nuclear Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Nuclear Yellow is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fire Giant Orange vs Nuclear Yellow

Fire Giant Orange

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #e87820 (estimate)

Nuclear Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.404
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #d6791f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Nuclear Yellow is more muted than Fire Giant Orange.

Can I use Nuclear Yellow instead of Fire Giant Orange?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Nuclear Yellow is more muted than Fire Giant Orange.

Can I use Fire Giant Orange instead of Nuclear Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fire Giant Orange is 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 Fire Giant Orange on the colour wheel See Nuclear Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fire Giant Orange

Fire Giant Orange vs Imperial Yellow (72.403)Xpress Color · ΔE 11, fair
Fire Giant Orange vs Dreadnought Yellow (72.477)Xpress Color · ΔE 12, fair
Fire Giant Orange vs Martian Orange (72.405)Xpress Color · ΔE 29, loose

Other Army Painter paints close to Nuclear Yellow

Nuclear Yellow vs Hardened LeatherSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 14, fair
Nuclear Yellow vs Nuclear SunriseSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 18, loose
Nuclear Yellow vs Fire DrakeSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 22, loose

All matches: Fire Giant Orange equivalents · Nuclear Yellow equivalents