What is the difference between Boone Tan and Toxic Yellow?

ΔE 27 (loose). Toxic Yellow is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Boone Tan vs Toxic Yellow

Boone Tan

Brand: Bear Cavalry
Range: Bear Cavalry Paints
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ffbe7d (estimate)

Toxic Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.109
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eae083 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 26.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Toxic Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Boone Tan.

Can I use Toxic Yellow instead of Boone Tan?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 27). Toxic Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Boone Tan.

Can I use Boone Tan instead of Toxic Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Boone Tan is a little darker, 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 Boone Tan on the colour wheel See Toxic Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Boone Tan

Boone Tan vs Skin Tone (71.076)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Toxic Yellow
Boone Tan vs Fairy Flesh (74.007)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Toxic Yellow
Boone Tan vs Pale Sand (70.837)Model Color · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Toxic Yellow

Other Bear Cavalry paints close to Toxic Yellow

Toxic Yellow vs Pale RiderBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Boone Tan
Toxic Yellow vs Gold Dust WomanBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 24, loose · closer than Boone Tan
Toxic Yellow vs Screaming SunBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 35, loose

All matches: Boone Tan equivalents · Toxic Yellow equivalents