Vallejo Model Color Dark Yellow (70978) is an olive-yellow acrylic paint designed for painting military vehicles, terrain and camouflage bases. Despite its name, this is not a dark color but rather a muted, earthy yellow tone with a greenish hue — perfect for historical and realistic miniature applications.

It closely matches Federal Standard 33440, RAL 7028, Humbrol 81, Tamiya XF4, Testors 1584 and Vallejo Model Air 71025. This shade was widely used as a base coat on German tanks during World War II, making it a go-to color for accurate historical modeling.

The paint is supplied in an 18ml transparent bottle with an eyedropper cap, allowing precise application and preventing waste. If the nozzle clogs, it can be easily cleared with a needle or toothpick.

Dark Yellow dries to a matte finish and offers full opacity. Its smooth consistency allows for streak-free brush application and easy layering. The fine pigment makes it perfect for techniques like drybrushing, shading and glazing.

It can be thinned with water or mediums such as matte medium, which enables controlled applications for dusty weathering effects or faded transitions across vehicle panels and gear.

Mistakes can be easily corrected while the paint is still wet using a bit of water or alcohol. This makes it accessible and forgiving, even for novice painters exploring WWII subjects.

Vallejo Model Color Dark Yellow works excellently with complementary tones like Olive Green, Camouflage Brown or Dunkelgrau. It’s an ideal base coat, highlight or filter tone for tanks, armored vehicles or terrain bases in scales such as 1:35 or 1:72.

Whether you're painting a Panzer IV, building a dusty road in a diorama or starting a camouflage layer, this warm yellow hue delivers authentic, realistic and historically accurate results. Add Dark Yellow to your color selection for a foundational shade in military modeling.