What is the difference between Warm Yellow and Sand Yellow?

ΔE 22 (loose). Sand Yellow is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Warm Yellow vs Sand Yellow

Warm Yellow

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

Sand Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.916
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e3b844 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 21.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Sand Yellow is much more muted, cooler than Warm Yellow.

Can I use Sand Yellow instead of Warm Yellow?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 22). Sand Yellow is much more muted, cooler than Warm Yellow.

Can I use Warm Yellow instead of Sand Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Warm Yellow is much 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 Warm Yellow on the colour wheel See Sand 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 Sand Yellow
Warm Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Sand Yellow
Warm Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Sand Yellow

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Sand Yellow

Sand Yellow vs Shiny Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Warm Yellow
Sand Yellow vs Yellow Oxide (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Warm Yellow
Sand Yellow vs Honey Moon Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Warm Yellow

All matches: Warm Yellow equivalents · Sand Yellow equivalents