What is the difference between Panzer Yellow and Japan. Unif. WWII?

ΔE 9 (close). Japan. Unif. WWII is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Panzer Yellow vs Japan. Unif. WWII

Panzer Yellow

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: shadows
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a68e44 (estimate)

Japan. Unif. WWII

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.923
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #907929 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Japan. Unif. WWII is a little darker than Panzer Yellow.

Can I use Japan. Unif. WWII instead of Panzer Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Japan. Unif. WWII is a little darker than Panzer Yellow.

Can I use Panzer Yellow instead of Japan. Unif. WWII?

The same difference applies the other way round: Panzer Yellow is a little lighter.

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 Panzer Yellow on the colour wheel See Japan. Unif. WWII on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Panzer Yellow

Panzer Yellow vs Orange Ochre (70.824)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Japan. Unif. WWII
Panzer Yellow vs Green Ochre (70.914)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Japan. Unif. WWII
Panzer Yellow vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Japan. Unif. WWII

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Japan. Unif. WWII

Japan. Unif. WWII vs Dark Sun YellowTriads: shadows · ΔE 18, loose
Japan. Unif. WWII vs Flak Gun YellowTriads: midtones · ΔE 19, loose
Japan. Unif. WWII vs Gyzmo FurTriads: shadows · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Panzer Yellow equivalents · Japan. Unif. WWII equivalents