What is the difference between Cream Yellow and Plague Brown?

ΔE 11 (fair). Plague Brown is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Cream Yellow vs Plague Brown

Cream Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-34
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e19914 (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 10.6, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Plague Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Cream Yellow.

Can I use Plague Brown instead of Cream Yellow?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Plague Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Cream Yellow.

Can I use Cream Yellow instead of Plague Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Cream Yellow is a little darker, 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 Cream Yellow on the colour wheel See Plague Brown 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 Plague Brown
Cream Yellow vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Plague Brown
Cream Yellow vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Plague Brown

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Plague Brown

Plague Brown vs Cream Yellow (N-34)Acrysion · ΔE 11, fair
Plague Brown vs Yellow FS33531 (H-313)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 11, fair
Plague Brown vs Radome (H-318)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 18, loose

All matches: Cream Yellow equivalents · Plague Brown equivalents