What is the difference between Dark Ochre and Yellow Ochre?

ΔE 10 (close). Yellow Ochre is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Ochre vs Yellow Ochre

Dark Ochre

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

Yellow Ochre

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.033
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d3872c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow Ochre is a little darker, more muted than Dark Ochre.

Can I use Yellow Ochre instead of Dark Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Yellow Ochre is a little darker, more muted than Dark Ochre.

Can I use Dark Ochre instead of Yellow Ochre?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Ochre is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Yellow Ochre 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 Yellow Ochre
Dark Ochre vs Golden Yellow (70.948)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Ochre
Dark Ochre vs Scrofulous Brown (72.038)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Ochre

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Yellow Ochre

Yellow Ochre vs Golden Brown (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Ochre
Yellow Ochre vs Shiny Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 20, loose
Yellow Ochre vs Mars Orange (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 22, loose

All matches: Dark Ochre equivalents · Yellow Ochre equivalents