What is the difference between Primary Yellow and Bile Green?

ΔE 11 (fair). Bile Green is more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Yellow vs Bile Green

Primary Yellow

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY175 / PW6 / PY74
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fffd4a (estimate)

Bile Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.122
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eef91a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 11.3, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Bile Green is more saturated than Primary Yellow.

Can I use Bile Green instead of Primary Yellow?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Bile Green is more saturated than Primary Yellow.

Can I use Primary Yellow instead of Bile Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Yellow 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 Primary Yellow on the colour wheel See Bile Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Primary Yellow

Primary Yellow vs Lemon Yellow (70.952)Model Color · ΔE 15, fair
Primary Yellow vs Yellow Green (70.954)Model Color · ΔE 15, fair
Primary Yellow vs Moon Yellow (72.005)Game Color · ΔE 16, loose

Other Golden paints close to Bile Green

Bile Green vs Bismuth Vanadate YellowHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close · closer than Primary Yellow
Bile Green vs Benzimidazolone Yellow Light (PY175)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, close · closer than Primary Yellow
Bile Green vs Hansa Yellow Opaque (PY74)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Primary Yellow

All matches: Primary Yellow equivalents · Bile Green equivalents