What is the difference between Shadow Flesh and Red Leather?

ΔE 9 (close). Red Leather is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Shadow Flesh vs Red Leather

Shadow Flesh

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11404
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8b433f (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 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Red Leather is a little lighter, warmer than Shadow Flesh.

Can I use Red Leather instead of Shadow Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Red Leather is a little lighter, warmer than Shadow Flesh.

Can I use Shadow Flesh instead of Red Leather?

The same difference applies the other way round: Shadow Flesh is a little darker, 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 Shadow Flesh on the colour wheel See Red Leather on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Shadow Flesh

Shadow Flesh vs Brown RLM26 (71.105)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Red Leather
Shadow Flesh vs Cavalry Brown (70.982)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Red Leather
Shadow Flesh vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 6, 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 Shadow Flesh
Red Leather vs Mahogany Brown (AK11106)3rd Gen Intense · ΔE 8, close · closer than Shadow Flesh
Red Leather vs Base Flesh (AK11401)3rd Gen Figure Series · ΔE 8, close · closer than Shadow Flesh

All matches: Shadow Flesh equivalents · Red Leather equivalents