What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Beige?

ΔE 30 (loose). Beige is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Beige

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eca902 (estimate)

Beige

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.917
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d7b65b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 29.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Beige is much more muted, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Beige instead of Yellow Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 30). Beige is much more muted, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Beige?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide 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 Yellow Oxide on the colour wheel See Beige on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Oxide

Yellow Oxide vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Beige
Yellow Oxide vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Beige
Yellow Oxide vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Beige

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Beige

Beige vs Shiny Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Beige vs Peach Skin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Yellow Oxide
Beige vs Dark Ochre (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 30, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Beige equivalents