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Standard RLM Number 04 Name Yellow Swatch #e59522 (estimate, from Vallejo Yellow RLM04) RLM numbers are the German Air Ministry colours used on Luftwaffe aircraft. Paint makers each mix their own version of a standard colour, and faded or weathered vehicles vary a lot, so expect some difference between brands.
Paints labelled RLM 04 Vallejo and AK Interactive and Mr. Hobby name these paints for RLM 04.
Nearest colours in other brands Brands that don't label a paint RLM 04: the nearest swatch to Vallejo Yellow RLM04. These are colour matches from our estimates, not the maker's own pairing.
Citadel Ryza Rust Colour: Dry · ΔE 8, close Army Painter Glowing Inferno Warpaints Fanatic · ΔE 6, very close Pro Acryl Orange Yellow (AMP-007) Standard / Signature / AMP · ΔE 8, close Two Thin Coats Skulker Yellow Triads: midtones · ΔE 7, close Reaper Saffron Sunset (09182) Master Series Paints · ΔE 4, very close Formula P3 Heartfire (93024) Formula P3 · ΔE 7, close Kimera Kolors Dark Ochre (Pure Pigments) Pure Pigments · ΔE 4, very close Golden Naples Yellow Deep (1222) Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 5, very close Nocturna Models Sulfide Yellow (NA24) N-Paint Basic · ΔE 14, fair Bear Cavalry Pyrrhic Dawn Bear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 19, loose Scale75 Naples Yellow (Artist) Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 12, fair Tamiya Pure Orange (TS-98) TS Spray · ΔE 10, close AMMO by Mig Bronze Shadow IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 7, close Green Stuff World Arrakis Brown (3213) Acrylic Colors · ΔE 5, very close All RAL, RLM and FS colours
© 2026 AK Tabletop Studio. Swatch colours are estimates and will differ from the real paints; cross-brand matches are close, never exact.
Chart-listed matches come from the Two Thin Coats Paint Comparison Chart 2024, the Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic conversion chart, the AK 3rd Generation Acrylics equivalence table (2021) and the Herrick Games hobby paint comparison chart; the rest are a nearest-colour calculation.
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