What is the difference between Medium Sand and Dark Flesh?

ΔE 10 (close). Dark Flesh is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Medium Sand vs Dark Flesh

Medium Sand

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11034
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c3953e (estimate)

Dark Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.927
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ca8935 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Flesh is more saturated, warmer than Medium Sand.

Can I use Dark Flesh instead of Medium Sand?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Dark Flesh is more saturated, warmer than Medium Sand.

Can I use Medium Sand instead of Dark Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Medium Sand is more muted, cooler.

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 Medium Sand on the colour wheel See Dark Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Medium Sand

Medium Sand vs US Interior Yellow (71.107)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dark Flesh
Medium Sand vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dark Flesh
Medium Sand vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Dark Flesh

Dark Flesh vs Medium Flesh Tone (AK11054)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Sand
Dark Flesh vs Solar Yellow (AK17012)AK Quick Gen · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Sand
Dark Flesh vs Japanese Brown (AK11123)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Sand

All matches: Medium Sand equivalents · Dark Flesh equivalents