What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Flat Yellow?

ΔE 6 (close). Flat Yellow is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Flat Yellow

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eca902 (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 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Yellow is more muted than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Flat Yellow instead of Yellow Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Flat Yellow is more muted than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Flat Yellow?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Oxide

Yellow Oxide vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 7, close
Yellow Oxide vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 9, close
Yellow Oxide vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Flat Yellow

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

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Flat Yellow equivalents