What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Plague Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Plague Brown is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Plague Brown

Yellow Oxide

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

Plague Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.039
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e0ab24 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Plague Brown is more muted than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Yellow Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Plague Brown is more muted than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Plague Brown?

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

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Honey Moon Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 11, fair
Plague Brown vs Warm Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 14, fair
Plague Brown vs Diarylide Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents