What is the difference between Primary Yellow and Light Yellow?

ΔE 13 (fair). Light Yellow is a little darker, much more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Primary Yellow vs Light Yellow

Primary Yellow

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

Light Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.949
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f0d037 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 13.5, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Light Yellow is a little darker, much more muted than Primary Yellow.

Can I use Light Yellow instead of Primary Yellow?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Light Yellow is a little darker, much more muted than Primary Yellow.

Can I use Primary Yellow instead of Light Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Primary Yellow is a little lighter, much more saturated.

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 Light Yellow 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 Light Yellow
Primary Yellow vs Deep Yellow (70.915)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Light Yellow
Primary Yellow vs Lemon Yellow (70.952)Model Color · ΔE 17, loose

Other Scale75 paints close to Light Yellow

Light Yellow vs Vanilla Yellow (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 8, close · closer than Primary Yellow
Light Yellow vs Sol Yellow (SC40)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Primary Yellow
Light Yellow vs Marduk Yellow (SFG08)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Primary Yellow

All matches: Primary Yellow equivalents · Light Yellow equivalents