What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Desert Yellow?

ΔE 13 (fair). Desert Yellow is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Desert Yellow

Yellow Oxide

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

Desert Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.063
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c7a421 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 13.3, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Desert Yellow is more saturated, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Desert Yellow instead of Yellow Oxide?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Desert Yellow is more saturated, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Desert Yellow?

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 Desert Yellow 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 Desert Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Desert Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Desert Yellow

Other Golden paints close to Desert Yellow

Desert Yellow vs Nickel Azo Yellow (PY150)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Desert Yellow vs Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide (PY42)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Desert Yellow vs Yellow Ochre (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 19, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Desert Yellow equivalents