What is the difference between Yellow Flame and Yellow RLM04?

ΔE 9 (close). Yellow RLM04 is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Flame vs Yellow RLM04

Yellow Flame

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fcaf3c (estimate)

Yellow RLM04

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.078
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e59522 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Yellow RLM04 is a little darker than Yellow Flame.

Can I use Yellow RLM04 instead of Yellow Flame?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Yellow RLM04 is a little darker than Yellow Flame.

Can I use Yellow Flame instead of Yellow RLM04?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Flame 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 Yellow Flame on the colour wheel See Yellow RLM04 on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Flame

Yellow Flame vs Flat Yellow (70.953)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow RLM04
Yellow Flame vs Golden Yellow (70.948)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Yellow RLM04
Yellow Flame vs IJA Chrome Yellow (71.135)Model Air · ΔE 10, fair

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Yellow RLM04

Yellow RLM04 vs Skulker YellowTriads: midtones · ΔE 7, close · closer than Yellow Flame
Yellow RLM04 vs Manticore OchreTriads: midtones · ΔE 12, fair
Yellow RLM04 vs Flaming Forge OrangeBrights · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Yellow Flame equivalents · Yellow RLM04 equivalents