What is the difference between Cream Yellow and Flat Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Flat Yellow is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cream Yellow vs Flat Yellow

Cream Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Acrysion
Code: N-34
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e19914 (estimate)

Flat Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.953
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f3b12c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Yellow is a little lighter than Cream Yellow.

Can I use Flat Yellow instead of Cream Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flat Yellow is a little lighter than Cream Yellow.

Can I use Cream Yellow instead of Flat Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cream Yellow is a little darker.

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 Cream Yellow on the colour wheel See Flat Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Cream Yellow

Cream Yellow vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Yellow
Cream Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Flat Yellow
Cream Yellow vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Flat Yellow

Flat Yellow vs Cream Yellow (H-34)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 9, close
Flat Yellow vs RLM 04 Yellow (C-113)Mr. Color · ΔE 14, fair
Flat Yellow vs RLM 04 Yellow (H-413)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Cream Yellow equivalents · Flat Yellow equivalents