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

ΔE 9 (close). IJA Chrome Yellow is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs IJA Chrome Yellow

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eca902 (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 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Chrome Yellow is warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use IJA Chrome Yellow instead of Yellow Oxide?

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

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of IJA Chrome Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is 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 IJA Chrome 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 IJA Chrome Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than IJA Chrome Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than IJA Chrome Yellow

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

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · IJA Chrome Yellow equivalents