What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Medium Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Medium Yellow

Yellow Oxide

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

Medium Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.002
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f9a70d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Our swatches for the two are almost the same.

Can I use Medium Yellow instead of Yellow Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). The swatches are almost the same.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Medium Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round.

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 Medium 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 Medium Yellow
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 Medium Yellow

Medium Yellow vs Diarylide Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Medium Yellow vs Warm Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Medium Yellow vs Honey Moon Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Medium Yellow equivalents