What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Leather Brown?

ΔE 10 (fair). Leather Brown is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Leather Brown

Yellow Oxide

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

Leather Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.040
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c18223 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.3, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Leather Brown is a little darker, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Leather Brown instead of Yellow Oxide?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 10). Leather Brown is a little darker, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Leather Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is a little lighter, 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 Leather Brown 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 Leather Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Leather Brown
Yellow Oxide vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Leather Brown

Other Golden paints close to Leather Brown

Leather Brown vs Raw Sienna (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Leather Brown vs Yellow Ochre (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 9, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Leather Brown vs Naples Yellow Deep (1222)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 19, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Leather Brown equivalents