What is the difference between Diarylide Yellow and Plague Brown?

ΔE 16 (loose). Plague Brown is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Diarylide Yellow vs Plague Brown

Diarylide Yellow

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ffa818 (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 16.2, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Plague Brown is more muted, cooler than Diarylide Yellow.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Diarylide Yellow?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 16). Plague Brown is more muted, cooler than Diarylide Yellow.

Can I use Diarylide Yellow instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Diarylide Yellow is more saturated, warmer.

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 Diarylide Yellow on the colour wheel See Plague Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Diarylide Yellow

Diarylide Yellow vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Plague Brown
Diarylide Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Plague Brown
Diarylide Yellow vs Golden Yellow (70.948)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Plague Brown

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Yellow Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close · closer than Diarylide Yellow
Plague Brown vs Honey Moon Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Diarylide Yellow
Plague Brown vs Warm Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Diarylide Yellow

All matches: Diarylide Yellow equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents