What is the difference between Yellow Ochre and Medium Yellow?

ΔE 24 (loose). Medium Yellow is noticeably lighter, much more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Ochre vs Medium Yellow

Yellow Ochre

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cb7712 (estimate)

Medium Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.002
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f9a70d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 23.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Medium Yellow is noticeably lighter, much more saturated, cooler than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Medium Yellow instead of Yellow Ochre?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 24). Medium Yellow is noticeably lighter, much more saturated, cooler than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Yellow Ochre instead of Medium Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Ochre is noticeably darker, much 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 Yellow Ochre on the colour wheel See Medium Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Ochre

Yellow Ochre vs Scrofulous Brown (72.038)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Medium Yellow
Yellow Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Yellow
Yellow Ochre vs Parasite Brown (72.042)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Medium Yellow

Other Scale75 paints close to Medium Yellow

Medium Yellow vs Naples Yellow (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Yellow Ochre
Medium Yellow vs Intense Yellow (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Yellow Ochre
Medium Yellow vs Sol Yellow (SC40)Scalecolor · ΔE 22, loose · closer than Yellow Ochre

All matches: Yellow Ochre equivalents · Medium Yellow equivalents