What is the difference between Primary Yellow and Bile Green?

ΔE 24 (loose). Bile Green is a little lighter, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Yellow vs Bile Green

Primary Yellow

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ffd801 (estimate)

Bile Green

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.122
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eef91a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 24.2, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Bile Green is a little lighter, more saturated, cooler than Primary Yellow.

Can I use Bile Green instead of Primary Yellow?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 24). Bile Green is a little lighter, more saturated, cooler than Primary Yellow.

Can I use Primary Yellow instead of Bile Green?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Yellow is a little darker, more muted, 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 Primary Yellow on the colour wheel See Bile Green on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Primary Yellow

Primary Yellow vs Moon Yellow (72.005)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Bile Green
Primary Yellow vs Deep Yellow (70.915)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Bile Green
Primary Yellow vs Light Yellow (70.949)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Bile Green

Other Scale75 paints close to Bile Green

Bile Green vs Lime Green (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Primary Yellow
Bile Green vs Lemon Yellow (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Primary Yellow
Bile Green vs Marduk Yellow (SFG08)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 21, loose · closer than Primary Yellow

All matches: Primary Yellow equivalents · Bile Green equivalents