What is the difference between Warm Yellow and Golden Yellow?

ΔE 16 (loose). Golden Yellow is a little darker, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Warm Yellow vs Golden Yellow

Warm Yellow

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #feb10d (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 15.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Golden Yellow is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Warm Yellow.

Can I use Golden Yellow instead of Warm Yellow?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 16). Golden Yellow is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Warm Yellow.

Can I use Warm Yellow instead of Golden Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Warm Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated, cooler.

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 Golden 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 Golden Yellow
Warm Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Golden Yellow
Warm Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Golden Yellow

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Golden Yellow

Golden Yellow vs Dark Ochre (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 7, close · closer than Warm Yellow
Golden Yellow vs Diarylide Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, close · closer than Warm Yellow
Golden Yellow vs Yellow Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Warm Yellow

All matches: Warm Yellow equivalents · Golden Yellow equivalents