What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Yellow Ochre?

ΔE 20 (loose). Yellow Ochre is a little darker, much more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Yellow Ochre

Yellow Oxide

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

Yellow Ochre

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.913
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d6a13c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Yellow Ochre is a little darker, much more muted than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Ochre instead of Yellow Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 20). Yellow Ochre is a little darker, much more muted than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Yellow Ochre?

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

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Yellow Ochre

Yellow Ochre vs Shiny Skintone (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Yellow Ochre vs Dark Ochre (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Yellow Oxide
Yellow Ochre vs Golden Brown (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Yellow Ochre equivalents