What is the difference between Dark Yellow and US Interior Yellow?

ΔE 10 (close). US Interior Yellow is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Yellow vs US Interior Yellow

Dark Yellow

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-403
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bfa741 (estimate)

US Interior Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.107
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c09c49 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. US Interior Yellow is more muted, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use US Interior Yellow instead of Dark Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). US Interior Yellow is more muted, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use Dark Yellow instead of US Interior Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Yellow is more saturated, cooler.

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 Dark Yellow on the colour wheel See US Interior Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Yellow

Dark Yellow vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than US Interior Yellow
Dark Yellow vs German Yellow (70.806)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than US Interior Yellow
Dark Yellow vs Beige (70.917)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than US Interior Yellow

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to US Interior Yellow

US Interior Yellow vs Tan (C-44)Mr. Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dark Yellow
US Interior Yellow vs Tan (H-27)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dark Yellow
US Interior Yellow vs Tan (N-27)Acrysion · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dark Yellow

All matches: Dark Yellow equivalents · US Interior Yellow equivalents