What is the difference between Cream Yellow and IJA Chrome Yellow?

ΔE 7 (close). IJA Chrome Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cream Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow

Cream Yellow

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

IJA Chrome Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.135
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f39e0f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJA Chrome Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated than Cream Yellow.

Can I use IJA Chrome Yellow instead of Cream Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). IJA Chrome Yellow is a little lighter, more saturated than Cream Yellow.

Can I use Cream Yellow instead of IJA Chrome Yellow?

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

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 IJA Chrome 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 IJA Chrome Yellow
Cream Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Cream Yellow vs Medium Yellow (71.002)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to IJA Chrome Yellow

IJA Chrome Yellow vs RLM 04 Yellow (C-113)Mr. Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cream Yellow
IJA Chrome Yellow vs RLM 04 Yellow (H-413)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cream Yellow
IJA Chrome Yellow vs Yellow FS13538 (H-329)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Cream Yellow

All matches: Cream Yellow equivalents · IJA Chrome Yellow equivalents