What is the difference between Honey Moon Yellow and Flat Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Flat Yellow is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Honey Moon Yellow vs Flat Yellow

Honey Moon Yellow

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f6b910 (estimate)

Flat Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.953
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f3b12c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Yellow is more muted than Honey Moon Yellow.

Can I use Flat Yellow instead of Honey Moon Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flat Yellow is more muted than Honey Moon Yellow.

Can I use Honey Moon Yellow instead of Flat Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Honey Moon Yellow is 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 Honey Moon Yellow on the colour wheel See Flat Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Honey Moon Yellow

Honey Moon Yellow vs Deep Yellow (70.915)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair
Honey Moon Yellow vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Honey Moon Yellow vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 12, fair

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Flat Yellow

Flat Yellow vs Yellow Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 6, close · closer than Honey Moon Yellow
Flat Yellow vs Warm Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close
Flat Yellow vs Diarylide Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Honey Moon Yellow equivalents · Flat Yellow equivalents