414146 Polly Scale - "ATSF Catwhisker Yellow"

[nachoman]

I have got 414146 Polly Scale - "ATSF Catwhisker Yellow" to be used as the Santa Fe / BNSF / LAJ cab yellow together with ATSF blue. However I have serious doubts if I got the right color. The yellow is very pale and does not match any of my Santa Fe engines (P2K GP30, Kato GP35, Atlas GP38). I plan to move the lamps from the cab top to the nose and will need to repair little spots. A good color match is key.
Should I get another yellow from Polly Scale?

ps. I would like to stay with Polly Scale because I have a local source. Some other common US brands are very difficult to obtain on this side of the pond.

Matching factory paint colors is difficult. You are going to have to take the loco in to the store and compare, or probably have to do some custom blending in order to get a lose match. Different manufacturers have a different interpretation of each road's colors. In real life, that yellow faded rather quickly, and it's possible polly scale matched its color to a loco with somewhat faded paint. Usually, the problem is the other way around in that the model colors look too dark compared to the prototype.