What is the difference between Warm Yellow and Flat Yellow?

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

Warm Yellow vs Flat Yellow

Warm Yellow

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #feb10d (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 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Yellow is more muted than Warm Yellow.

Can I use Flat Yellow instead of Warm Yellow?

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

Can I use Warm Yellow instead of Flat Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Warm 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 Warm Yellow on the colour wheel See Flat Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Warm Yellow

Warm Yellow vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Yellow
Warm Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Warm Yellow vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Flat Yellow

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

All matches: Warm Yellow equivalents · Flat Yellow equivalents