What is the difference between Ryza Rust and Medium Yellow?

ΔE 19 (loose). Medium Yellow is a little lighter, much more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ryza Rust vs Medium Yellow

Ryza Rust

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Dry
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e08a2a (estimate)

Medium Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.002
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f9a70d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.4, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Medium Yellow is a little lighter, much more saturated, cooler than Ryza Rust.

Can I use Medium Yellow instead of Ryza Rust?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Medium Yellow is a little lighter, much more saturated, cooler than Ryza Rust.

Can I use Ryza Rust instead of Medium Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ryza Rust is a little darker, much more muted, 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 Ryza Rust on the colour wheel See Medium Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ryza Rust

Ryza Rust vs Scrofulous Brown (72.038)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Medium Yellow
Ryza Rust vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Yellow
Ryza Rust vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Yellow

Other Citadel paints close to Medium Yellow

Medium Yellow vs Averland SunsetColour: Base · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Ryza Rust
Medium Yellow vs Averland SunsetColour: Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Ryza Rust
Medium Yellow vs Zamesi DesertColour: Layer · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Ryza Rust

All matches: Ryza Rust equivalents · Medium Yellow equivalents