What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Plague Brown?

ΔE 15 (fair). Plague Brown is a little lighter, much more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Plague Brown

Yellow Oxide

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

Plague Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.039
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e0ab24 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 14.5, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Plague Brown is a little lighter, much more saturated than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Yellow Oxide?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 15). Plague Brown is a little lighter, much more saturated than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Plague Brown?

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

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

Other Golden paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Nickel Azo Yellow (PY150)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Plague Brown vs Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide (PY42)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Plague Brown vs Naples Yellow Deep (1222)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 15, fair

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents