What is the difference between Base Flesh and Red Leather?

ΔE 8 (close). Red Leather is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Base Flesh vs Red Leather

Base Flesh

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11401
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #784931 (estimate)

Red Leather

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.818
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8d503d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Red Leather is a little lighter, cooler than Base Flesh.

Can I use Red Leather instead of Base Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Red Leather is a little lighter, cooler than Base Flesh.

Can I use Base Flesh instead of Red Leather?

The same difference applies the other way round: Base Flesh is a little darker, warmer.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Base Flesh on the colour wheel See Red Leather on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Base Flesh

Base Flesh vs Light Rust (71.129)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Red Leather
Base Flesh vs New Wood (70.770)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Leather
Base Flesh vs Brown Sand (70.876)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Red Leather

Other AK Interactive paints close to Red Leather

Red Leather vs Human Flesh (AK17057)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Base Flesh
Red Leather vs Mahogany Brown (AK11106)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 8, close · closer than Base Flesh
Red Leather vs Shadow Flesh (AK11404)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Base Flesh equivalents · Red Leather equivalents