What is the difference between Dark Ochre and Golden Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). Golden Yellow is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Ochre vs Golden Yellow

Dark Ochre

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e28d1c (estimate)

Golden Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.948
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f89c2c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Golden Yellow is a little lighter than Dark Ochre.

Can I use Golden Yellow instead of Dark Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Golden Yellow is a little lighter than Dark Ochre.

Can I use Dark Ochre instead of Golden Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Ochre 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 Dark Ochre on the colour wheel See Golden Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Ochre

Dark Ochre vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Golden Yellow
Dark Ochre vs Scrofulous Brown (72.038)Game Color · ΔE 7, close
Dark Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Golden Yellow

Golden Yellow vs Diarylide Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, close
Golden Yellow vs Yellow Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose
Golden Yellow vs Warm Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Dark Ochre equivalents · Golden Yellow equivalents