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Make a free guideLooking for a Sun Yellow equivalent? Below are the closest cross-brand color matches to Sun Yellow (Vallejo Hobby Spray) in Army Painter Colour Primer, Army Painter Fanatic, AK Interactive 3rd Gen, Army Painter Speedpaint, Scale75 Scalecolor, Citadel Colour, Reaper MSP, Vallejo Xpress Color, Monument Pro Acryl, Vallejo Game Color, Vallejo Model Color, AK Interactive Artist Dense Acrylic, Vallejo Metal Color, Vallejo Game Color Effects, Army Painter Quickshade, Army Painter Warpaints, AK Interactive Diorama Series, Vallejo Diorama FX, Vallejo Weathering Effects, Vallejo Model Wash, ranked by CIE76 deltaE color distance. Use them as substitutes, or generate a painting guide from the paints you actually own and let PaintGuide handle the matching and mixing for you.
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Shade & highlight partners
Suggested shadow and highlight colors for Sun Yellow, picked from the full catalog by color science — not paints you own. Shadows stay richer when they lean cool; pure black just flattens them. Highlights read best warmer and a touch softer than the base; pure white bleaches them out.
- Shade 2Death Guard GreenCitadel ColourGreat match
- Shade 1Sahara YellowAK Interactive 3rd GenGreat match
- BaseSun YellowVallejo Hobby Spray
- Highlight 1Light YellowVallejo Model ColorGreat match
- Highlight 2Space DustArmy Painter FanaticGreat match
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Make a free guide with your paintsMatches are computed by converting each paint's color to CIELAB and measuring CIE76 deltaE distance. A “great match” (deltaE < 3) is very close to the eye; a “close match” is a usable substitute. Finish, opacity, and coverage still differ between brands, so test on primer when it matters.