Maize Yellow vs Hansa Yellow Medium

Maize Yellow

Brand
Army Painter
Range
Speedpaint 2.0
Type
a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch
#fcd400 (estimate)

Hansa Yellow Medium

Brand
Golden
Range
Heavy Body Acrylics
Type
an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch
#fee100 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Hansa Yellow Medium is a little lighter than Maize Yellow. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Maize Yellow is a one-coat contrast-style paint and Golden Hansa Yellow Medium 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 Hansa Yellow Medium instead of Maize Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Hansa Yellow Medium is a little lighter than Maize Yellow. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Maize Yellow instead of Hansa Yellow Medium?

The same difference applies the other way round: Maize 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 Maize Yellow on the colour wheel See Hansa Yellow Medium on the colour wheel

Other Golden paints close to Maize Yellow

Other Army Painter paints close to Hansa Yellow Medium

All matches: Maize Yellow equivalents · Hansa Yellow Medium equivalents

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