What is the difference between Ambush Yellow and Toxic Yellow?

ΔE 9 (close). Toxic Yellow is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ambush Yellow vs Toxic Yellow

Ambush Yellow

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e5cc77 (estimate)

Toxic Yellow

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.109
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eae083 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Toxic Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Ambush Yellow.

Can I use Toxic Yellow instead of Ambush Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Toxic Yellow is a little lighter, cooler than Ambush Yellow.

Can I use Ambush Yellow instead of Toxic Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ambush Yellow is a little darker, 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 Ambush Yellow on the colour wheel See Toxic Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ambush Yellow

Ambush Yellow vs Beige (71.074)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Toxic Yellow
Ambush Yellow vs Dead Flesh (72.035)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Toxic Yellow
Ambush Yellow vs Beige (70.917)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Toxic Yellow

Toxic Yellow vs Sun Bleach YellowTriads: midtones · ΔE 13, fair
Toxic Yellow vs Pestilence GreenTriads: highlights · ΔE 13, fair
Toxic Yellow vs Twin Suns YellowTriads: highlights · ΔE 19, loose

All matches: Ambush Yellow equivalents · Toxic Yellow equivalents