What is the difference between Highlight Flesh and Dorado Skin?

ΔE 6 (close). Dorado Skin is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Highlight Flesh vs Dorado Skin

Highlight Flesh

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11403
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fdcb9e (estimate)

Dorado Skin

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eeca9f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dorado Skin is more muted, cooler than Highlight Flesh.

Can I use Dorado Skin instead of Highlight Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Dorado Skin is more muted, cooler than Highlight Flesh.

Can I use Highlight Flesh instead of Dorado Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Highlight Flesh is more saturated, 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 Highlight Flesh on the colour wheel See Dorado Skin on the colour wheel

Other Army Painter paints close to Highlight Flesh

Highlight Flesh vs Corpse PaleWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 6, close
Highlight Flesh vs Elven FleshWarpaints Air · ΔE 8, close
Highlight Flesh vs Hearthborn (Vol. 4)John Blanche Vol. 1-4 · ΔE 8, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Dorado Skin

Dorado Skin vs Radome Tan FS 33613 (AK11870)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Highlight Flesh
Dorado Skin vs Basic Skin Tone (AK11052)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Highlight Flesh
Dorado Skin vs Portland Stone No.64 (AK11378)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Highlight Flesh equivalents · Dorado Skin equivalents