Yellow Oxide vs Khaki Drill

Yellow Oxide

Brand
Golden
Range
High Flow
Code
8552
Type
an ink, glaze or transparent paint
Swatch
#bd8a31 (estimate)

Khaki Drill

Brand
Vallejo
Range
Xpress Color
Code
72.451
Type
a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch
#a4723f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.5, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Khaki Drill is a little darker, much more muted, warmer than Yellow Oxide. They are different kinds of paint: Golden Yellow Oxide is an ink, glaze or transparent paint and Vallejo Khaki Drill is a one-coat contrast-style paint, so they won’t behave the same on the model even where the colour is close.

Can I use Khaki Drill instead of Yellow Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 20). Khaki Drill is a little darker, much more muted, warmer than Yellow Oxide. They are different kinds of paint.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Khaki Drill?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is a little lighter, much more saturated, cooler.

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 Yellow Oxide on the colour wheel See Khaki Drill on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Oxide

Other Golden paints close to Khaki Drill

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Khaki Drill equivalents

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