What is the difference between Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide and Sand Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Sand Yellow is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide vs Sand Yellow

Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY42
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f2b938 (estimate)

Sand Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.916
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e3b844 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sand Yellow is more muted than Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide.

Can I use Sand Yellow instead of Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Sand Yellow is more muted than Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide.

Can I use Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide instead of Sand Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide is more saturated.

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 Yellow Iron Oxide on the colour wheel See Sand Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide

Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Sand Yellow
Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Sand Yellow
Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide vs Desert Yellow (72.063)Game Color · ΔE 13, fair

Other Golden paints close to Sand Yellow

Sand Yellow vs Nickel Azo Yellow (PY150)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 12, fair
Sand Yellow vs Yellow Oxide (PY42)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 13, fair
Sand Yellow vs Yellow Ochre (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide equivalents · Sand Yellow equivalents