Yellow Ochre is a mid-tone vivid brown with a warm undertone. It builds a smooth gradient with Nickel Azo Yellow underneath and Bright Yellow Ochre on the highlights, all in the Monument Pro Acryl line. Yellow Ochre is a little less common: the closest same-finish match, AK Interactive Desert Uniform Base, reaches 95 percent, and 2 other brands carry a strong same-finish alternative. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Yellow Ochre equivalents in other ranges
Several ranges orbit this color without landing on it. Here is the closest each brand manages, nearest first:
- Closest AK Interactive equivalent: AK Interactive Desert Uniform Base, indistinguishable once dry (delta E 0.9).
- Best Green Stuff World option: Green Stuff World Mustard Yellow, close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.3).
- From P3 Paints: P3 Paints Mouldy Ochre, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.3).
- Citadel's closest color: Citadel Tallarn Sand, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.2).
- Nearest in the Vallejo catalog: Vallejo Plague Brown, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.9).
- Best Scale75 option: Scale75 Arabic Shadow, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 6.1).
Side by side the two agree in lightness and temperature; at delta E 0.9 the gap is smaller than the variation between two pots of the same paint.
How to read the score
90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
AK Interactive
Green Stuff World
P3 Paints
Citadel
Vallejo
Scale75
Revell
Humbrol
The Army Painter
Tamiya
About this color
Color profile
Highlight and shade ladder
Pairs well with
Try any paint in the scheme toolMatch difficulty
Found in 2 other brands with a same-finish match.
Where painters use it
Frequently asked
What is the closest equivalent to Monument Pro Acryl Yellow Ochre?
The closest same-finish match is AK Interactive Desert Uniform Base at 95% color similarity.
What color is Yellow Ochre?
Yellow Ochre is a mid-tone vivid brown with a warm undertone (hex #9B6A1B).
What do I highlight and shade Yellow Ochre with?
Highlight Yellow Ochre toward Bright Yellow Ochre and shade it down into Nickel Azo Yellow, both Monument Pro Acryl paints in the same finish family.