Dorn Yellow vs Fluor Yellow

Dorn Yellow

Brand
Citadel / Warhammer
Range
Colour: Layer
Type
an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch
#f4d838 (estimate)

Fluor Yellow

Brand
Green Stuff World
Range
Fluor Paints
Code
1701
Type
a fluorescent or effect paint
Swatch
#eee649 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Fluor Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Dorn Yellow. They are different kinds of paint: Citadel Dorn Yellow is an opaque base/layer paint and Green Stuff World Fluor Yellow is a fluorescent or effect paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use Fluor Yellow instead of Dorn Yellow?

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

Can I use Dorn Yellow instead of Fluor Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dorn Yellow 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 Dorn Yellow on the colour wheel See Fluor Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Dorn Yellow

Other Citadel paints close to Fluor Yellow

All matches: Dorn Yellow equivalents · Fluor Yellow equivalents

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