# Ancient Honey (Speedpaint 2.0) Paint Equivalents

> Ancient Honey (Speedpaint 2.0) equivalents: Citadel Bad Moon Yellow and Vallejo Imperial Yellow, with ΔE colour distance to every other range.

Canonical: https://lexmechanic.com/paints/speedpaint-2/ancient-honey

§ PAINT · 11th edition

# Ancient Honey: Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 contrast, hex #ebbd21. Its closest equivalents in every other range, nearest first.

Paint

Ancient Honey

Range

[Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0](/paints/speedpaint-2)

Finish

contrast

Hex

#ebbd21

Hex source

community data

## Ancient Honey equivalents

One paint from each other brand, the closest in colour and finish. A brand with no contrast paint offers its closest colour in another finish, flagged.

- ### Citadel equivalent

    [Bad Moon Yellow](/paints/citadel-contrast/bad-moon-yellow) Citadel Contrast ΔE 9.0

    approximate
- ### Vallejo equivalent

    [Imperial Yellow](/paints/vallejo-xpress/imperial-yellow-72-403) Vallejo Xpress 72.403 ΔE 13.9

    approximate
- ### Two Thin Coats equivalent

    [Serpent Eye Yellow](/paints/two-thin-coats/serpent-eye-yellow) ΔE 5.7

    ⚠ cross-finish

Ancient Honey is a contrast paint from Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0. The closest paint in any other range is Bad Moon Yellow from Citadel Contrast at ΔE 9.0, an approximation. Across the 13 other ranges, none offer a near match and none a safe substitute in the same finish; the rest are approximate or a different finish.

## Closest matches

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic](/paints/army-painter-fanatic)

- [Daemonic Yellow](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/daemonic-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 4.3
- [Warped Yellow](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/warped-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 5.8
- [Inner Light](/paints/army-painter-fanatic/inner-light) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 6.1

### [Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic Wash](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash)

- [Light Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/light-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 38.1
- [Sepia Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/sepia-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 47.1
- [Soft Tone](/paints/army-painter-fanatic-wash/soft-tone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 53.6

### [Citadel Base](/paints/citadel-base)

- [Averland Sunset](/paints/citadel-base/averland-sunset) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 5.5
- [Retributor Armour](/paints/citadel-base/retributor-armour) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 7.3
- [Morghast Bone](/paints/citadel-base/morghast-bone) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 14.6

### [Citadel Contrast](/paints/citadel-contrast)

- [Bad Moon Yellow](/paints/citadel-contrast/bad-moon-yellow) approximate ΔE 9.0
- [Imperial Fist](/paints/citadel-contrast/imperial-fist) approximate ΔE 13.3
- [Skeleton Horde](/paints/citadel-contrast/skeleton-horde) approximate ΔE 20.8

### [Citadel Layer](/paints/citadel-layer)

- [Auric Armour Gold](/paints/citadel-layer/auric-armour-gold) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 6.1
- [Yriel Yellow](/paints/citadel-layer/yriel-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 7.4
- [Skullcrusher Brass](/paints/citadel-layer/skullcrusher-brass) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.0

### [Citadel Shade](/paints/citadel-shade)

- [Mortarion Grime](/paints/citadel-shade/mortarion-grime) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 12.5
- [Casandora Yellow](/paints/citadel-shade/casandora-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 24.7
- [Kroak Green](/paints/citadel-shade/kroak-green) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 31.5

### [Two Thin Coats](/paints/two-thin-coats)

- [Serpent Eye Yellow](/paints/two-thin-coats/serpent-eye-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 5.7
- [Yellow Flame](/paints/two-thin-coats/yellow-flame) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 8.3
- [Ambush Yellow](/paints/two-thin-coats/ambush-yellow) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.1

### [Vallejo Game Air](/paints/vallejo-game-air)

- [Moon Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-air/moon-yellow-76-005) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 2.2
- [Toxic Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-air/toxic-yellow-76-109) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 8.5
- [Dead Flesh](/paints/vallejo-game-air/dead-flesh-76-035) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.7

### [Vallejo Game Color](/paints/vallejo-game-color)

- [Moon Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-color/moon-yellow-72-005) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 2.2
- [Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-color/yellow-72-085) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 7.0
- [Toxic Yellow](/paints/vallejo-game-color/toxic-yellow-72-109) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 8.5

### [Vallejo Mecha Color](/paints/vallejo-mecha)

- [Yellow](/paints/vallejo-mecha/yellow-69-004) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 8.4
- [Sand Yellow](/paints/vallejo-mecha/sand-yellow-69-033) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 9.9
- [Yellow Ochre](/paints/vallejo-mecha/yellow-ochre-69-032) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 10.2

### [Vallejo Metal Color](/paints/vallejo-metal)

- [Gold](/paints/vallejo-metal/gold-77-725) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 21.7
- [Dull Aluminium](/paints/vallejo-metal/dull-aluminium-77-717) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 28.1
- [Chrome](/paints/vallejo-metal/chrome-77-707) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 28.5

### [Vallejo Wash](/paints/vallejo-wash)

- [Dark Yellow](/paints/vallejo-wash/dark-yellow-76-503) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 6.6
- [Desert Dust](/paints/vallejo-wash/desert-dust-76-522) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 16.6
- [Light Rust](/paints/vallejo-wash/light-rust-76-505) ⚠ cross-finish ΔE 24.2

### [Vallejo Xpress](/paints/vallejo-xpress)

- [Imperial Yellow](/paints/vallejo-xpress/imperial-yellow-72-403) approximate ΔE 13.9
- [Nuclear Yellow](/paints/vallejo-xpress/nuclear-yellow-72-404) approximate ΔE 14.0
- [Bag of Bones](/paints/vallejo-xpress/bag-of-bones-72-450) approximate ΔE 15.7

## Also in Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0

- [Zealot Yellow](/paints/speedpaint-2/zealot-yellow) safe substitute ΔE 5.6
- [Maize Yellow](/paints/speedpaint-2/maize-yellow) safe substitute ΔE 6.0
- [Pastel Yellow](/paints/speedpaint-2/pastel-yellow) approximate ΔE 10.9

Every pot in [Speedpaint 2.0](/paints/speedpaint-2) has a page like this one. Army Painter against the other brands, whole ranges at a time: [Army Painter to Citadel](/paints/army-painter-to-citadel), [Army Painter to Vallejo](/paints/army-painter-to-vallejo), [Army Painter to Two Thin Coats](/paints/army-painter-to-two-thin-coats), [Citadel to Army Painter](/paints/citadel-to-army-painter), [Vallejo to Army Painter](/paints/vallejo-to-army-painter), [Two Thin Coats to Army Painter](/paints/two-thin-coats-to-army-painter).

[Match it in the tool](/paints#paint=speedpaint-2-ancient-honey)

##  Questions

What is the Citadel equivalent of Ancient Honey?

Bad Moon Yellow from Citadel Contrast, at ΔE 9.0: the nearest contrast paint from Citadel, though only an approximate match.

What is the Vallejo equivalent of Ancient Honey?

Imperial Yellow from Vallejo Xpress, at ΔE 13.9: the nearest contrast paint from Vallejo, though only an approximate match.

What is the Two Thin Coats equivalent of Ancient Honey?

Serpent Eye Yellow from Two Thin Coats, at ΔE 5.7. The Two Thin Coats paints compared here include no contrast paint, so the closest colour stands in from another finish (opaque); it behaves differently on the model.