What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Golden Yellow?

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

Yellow Oxide vs Golden Yellow

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eca902 (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 more muted, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Golden Yellow instead of Yellow Oxide?

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

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Golden Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is 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 Yellow Oxide on the colour wheel See Golden Yellow 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 Golden Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Golden Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · 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 Yellow Oxide
Golden Yellow vs Diarylide Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Golden Yellow vs Warm Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Golden Yellow equivalents