What is the difference between Warm Yellow and IJA Chrome Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). IJA Chrome Yellow is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Warm Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow

Warm Yellow

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #feb10d (estimate)

IJA Chrome Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.135
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f39e0f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Chrome Yellow is a little darker than Warm Yellow.

Can I use IJA Chrome Yellow instead of Warm Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). IJA Chrome Yellow is a little darker than Warm Yellow.

Can I use Warm Yellow instead of IJA Chrome Yellow?

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

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 IJA Chrome 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 IJA Chrome Yellow
Warm Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than IJA Chrome Yellow
Warm Yellow vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to IJA Chrome Yellow

IJA Chrome Yellow vs Diarylide Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Warm Yellow
IJA Chrome Yellow vs Yellow Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 9, close
IJA Chrome Yellow vs Dark Ochre (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Warm Yellow equivalents · IJA Chrome Yellow equivalents