What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Buff?

ΔE 9 (close). Buff is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Buff

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY42
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cf9b39 (estimate)

Buff

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.976
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cba942 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Buff is a little lighter, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Buff instead of Yellow Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Buff is a little lighter, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Buff?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is a little darker, warmer.

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 Buff on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Oxide

Yellow Oxide vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Buff
Yellow Oxide vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 10, close
Yellow Oxide vs Leather Brown (72.040)Game Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Golden paints close to Buff

Buff vs Naples Yellow Hue (PW6:1 / PW6 / PY42 / PY83(HR70))Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 17, loose
Buff vs Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide (PY42)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 17, loose
Buff vs Yellow Ochre (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Buff equivalents