What is the difference between Twin Suns Yellow and Toxic Yellow?

ΔE 19 (loose). Toxic Yellow is much more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Twin Suns Yellow vs Toxic Yellow

Twin Suns Yellow

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e6e8ae (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 18.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Toxic Yellow is much more saturated, warmer than Twin Suns Yellow.

Can I use Toxic Yellow instead of Twin Suns Yellow?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Toxic Yellow is much more saturated, warmer than Twin Suns Yellow.

Can I use Twin Suns Yellow instead of Toxic Yellow?

The same difference applies the other way round: Twin Suns Yellow is much 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 Twin Suns Yellow on the colour wheel See Toxic Yellow on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Twin Suns Yellow

Twin Suns Yellow vs Ice Yellow (70.858)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Toxic Yellow
Twin Suns Yellow vs Off-White (71.270)Model Air · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Toxic Yellow
Twin Suns Yellow vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Toxic Yellow

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Toxic Yellow

Toxic Yellow vs Ambush YellowTriads: highlights · ΔE 9, close · closer than Twin Suns Yellow
Toxic Yellow vs Sun Bleach YellowTriads: midtones · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Twin Suns Yellow
Toxic Yellow vs Pestilence GreenTriads: highlights · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Twin Suns Yellow

All matches: Twin Suns Yellow equivalents · Toxic Yellow equivalents