What is the difference between Heartfire and IJA Chrome Yellow?

ΔE 8 (close). IJA Chrome Yellow is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Heartfire vs IJA Chrome Yellow

Heartfire

Brand: Formula P3
Range: Formula P3
Code: 93024
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f2a730 (estimate)

IJA Chrome Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.135
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f39e0f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Chrome Yellow is more saturated than Heartfire.

Can I use IJA Chrome Yellow instead of Heartfire?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). IJA Chrome Yellow is more saturated than Heartfire.

Can I use Heartfire instead of IJA Chrome Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Heartfire is more muted.

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 Heartfire on the colour wheel See IJA Chrome Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Heartfire

Heartfire vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than IJA Chrome Yellow
Heartfire vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than IJA Chrome Yellow
Heartfire vs Golden Yellow (70.948)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Formula P3 paints close to IJA Chrome Yellow

IJA Chrome Yellow vs Ember Orange (93023)Formula P3 · ΔE 18, loose
IJA Chrome Yellow vs Khador Red Highlight (93022)Formula P3 · ΔE 23, loose
IJA Chrome Yellow vs Moldy Ochre (93063)Formula P3 · ΔE 23, loose

All matches: Heartfire equivalents · IJA Chrome Yellow equivalents