Pastel Yellow vs Yellow Glaze

Pastel Yellow

Brand
Army Painter
Range
Speedpaint 2.0
Type
a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch
#f8e860 (estimate)

Yellow Glaze

Brand
Two Thin Coats
Range
Glazes
Type
an ink, glaze or transparent paint
Swatch
#f9f57c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Glaze is a little lighter, more muted than Pastel Yellow. They are different kinds of paint: Army Painter Pastel Yellow is a one-coat contrast-style paint and Two Thin Coats Yellow Glaze 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 Yellow Glaze instead of Pastel Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Yellow Glaze is a little lighter, more muted than Pastel Yellow. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Pastel Yellow instead of Yellow Glaze?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pastel Yellow 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 Pastel Yellow on the colour wheel See Yellow Glaze on the colour wheel

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Pastel Yellow

Other Army Painter paints close to Yellow Glaze

All matches: Pastel Yellow equivalents · Yellow Glaze equivalents

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