What is the difference between Transparent Red Iron Oxide and Gold Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). Gold Yellow is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Gold Yellow

Transparent Red Iron Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PR101
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dd5915 (estimate)

Gold Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.007
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e96c1c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Gold Yellow is a little lighter than Transparent Red Iron Oxide.

Can I use Gold Yellow instead of Transparent Red Iron Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Gold Yellow is a little lighter than Transparent Red Iron Oxide.

Can I use Transparent Red Iron Oxide instead of Gold Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Transparent Red Iron Oxide is a little darker.

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 Transparent Red Iron Oxide on the colour wheel See Gold Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Transparent Red Iron Oxide

Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Light Orange (70.911)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Gold Yellow
Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Orange Fire (72.008)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Gold Yellow
Transparent Red Iron Oxide vs Bright Orange (70.851)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Golden paints close to Gold Yellow

Gold Yellow vs Azo Gold (1302)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Transparent Red Iron Oxide
Gold Yellow vs C.P. Cadmium OrangeHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, close
Gold Yellow vs Quinacridone / Nickel Azo Gold (PY150 / PO48)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Transparent Red Iron Oxide equivalents · Gold Yellow equivalents