What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Sand Yellow?

ΔE 18 (loose). Sand Yellow is a little lighter, much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Sand Yellow

Yellow Oxide

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

Sand Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.916
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e3b844 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Sand Yellow is a little lighter, much more muted, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Sand Yellow instead of Yellow Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 18). Sand Yellow is a little lighter, much more muted, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Sand Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is a little darker, much more saturated, warmer.

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 Sand 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 Sand Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sand Yellow
Yellow Oxide vs Plague Brown (72.039)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Sand Yellow

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Sand Yellow

Sand Yellow vs Shiny Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Sand Yellow vs Honey Moon Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 18, loose
Sand Yellow vs Warm Yellow (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 22, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Sand Yellow equivalents