What is the difference between Golden Brown and Yellow RLM04?

ΔE 8 (close). Yellow RLM04 is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Golden Brown vs Yellow RLM04

Golden Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Opaque Colors
Code: 4121
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cd8e17 (estimate)

Yellow RLM04

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.078
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e59522 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow RLM04 is a little lighter than Golden Brown.

Can I use Yellow RLM04 instead of Golden Brown?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Yellow RLM04 is a little lighter than Golden Brown.

Can I use Golden Brown instead of Yellow RLM04?

The same difference applies the other way round: Golden Brown is a little darker.

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 Golden Brown on the colour wheel See Yellow RLM04 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Golden Brown

Golden Brown vs Leather Brown (72.040)Game Color · ΔE 9, close
Golden Brown vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair
Golden Brown vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Yellow RLM04

Yellow RLM04 vs Arrakis Brown (3213)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Golden Brown
Yellow RLM04 vs Tiger Brown (3212)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 9, close
Yellow RLM04 vs Ochre Desert (1828)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Golden Brown equivalents · Yellow RLM04 equivalents