What is the difference between Phalanx Yellow and Yellow Oxide?

ΔE 19 (loose). Yellow Oxide is noticeably darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Phalanx Yellow vs Yellow Oxide

Phalanx Yellow

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fcd228 (estimate)

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eca902 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.5, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Yellow Oxide is noticeably darker, warmer than Phalanx Yellow.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Phalanx Yellow?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Yellow Oxide is noticeably darker, warmer than Phalanx Yellow.

Can I use Phalanx Yellow instead of Yellow Oxide?

The same difference applies the other way round: Phalanx Yellow is noticeably lighter, cooler.

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 Phalanx Yellow on the colour wheel See Yellow Oxide on the colour wheel

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Phalanx Yellow

Phalanx Yellow vs Cold Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Phalanx Yellow vs Permanent Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Phalanx Yellow vs Honey Moon Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide

Other Citadel paints close to Yellow Oxide

Yellow Oxide vs Averland SunsetColour: Base · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Phalanx Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Averland SunsetColour: Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Phalanx Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Zamesi DesertColour: Layer · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Phalanx Yellow

All matches: Phalanx Yellow equivalents · Yellow Oxide equivalents