What is the difference between Dark Yellow and Buff?

ΔE 9 (close). Buff is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Yellow vs Buff

Dark Yellow

Brand: Tamiya
Range: XF Flat Acrylic
Code: XF-60
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bca94d (estimate)

Buff

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.976
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cba942 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Buff is more saturated, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use Buff instead of Dark Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Buff is more saturated, warmer than Dark Yellow.

Can I use Dark Yellow instead of Buff?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Yellow is more muted, 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 Buff on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Yellow

Dark Yellow vs German Yellow (70.806)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Buff
Dark Yellow vs Ivory RLM05 (71.106)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Buff
Dark Yellow vs Beige (70.917)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Buff

Other Tamiya paints close to Buff

Buff vs Mustard Yellow (PS-56)PS Spray (polycarbonate) · ΔE 10, close
Buff vs Dark Yellow 2 (XF-88)XF Flat Acrylic · ΔE 10, fair
Buff vs Dark Yellow (TS-3)TS Spray · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Dark Yellow equivalents · Buff equivalents