What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Camouflage Green?

ΔE 19 (loose). Camouflage Green is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Camouflage Green

Yellow Oxide

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

Camouflage Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.031
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b2a424 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.5, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Camouflage Green is more saturated, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Camouflage Green instead of Yellow Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Camouflage Green is more saturated, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Camouflage Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is more muted, 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 Camouflage Green 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 Camouflage Green
Yellow Oxide vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Camouflage Green
Yellow Oxide vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Camouflage Green

Other Golden paints close to Camouflage Green

Camouflage Green vs Green Gold (PY150 / PG36 / PY175)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Camouflage Green vs Nickel Azo Yellow (PY150)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 22, loose
Camouflage Green vs Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide (PY42)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 22, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Camouflage Green equivalents