What is the difference between Faded Yellow and Dead Flesh?

ΔE 8 (close). Dead Flesh is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Faded Yellow vs Dead Flesh

Faded Yellow

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20016
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d5d162 (estimate)

Dead Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.035
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dcca68 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dead Flesh is more muted, warmer than Faded Yellow.

Can I use Dead Flesh instead of Faded Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Dead Flesh is more muted, warmer than Faded Yellow.

Can I use Faded Yellow instead of Dead Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Faded Yellow is more saturated, 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 Faded Yellow on the colour wheel See Dead Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Faded Yellow

Faded Yellow vs Toxic Yellow (72.109)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair
Faded Yellow vs German Yellow (70.806)Model Color · ΔE 13, fair
Faded Yellow vs Beige (70.917)Model Color · ΔE 16, loose

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Dead Flesh

Dead Flesh vs Medium German Yellow (A.MIG-0617)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Faded Yellow
Dead Flesh vs Pale Gold Yellow (AMMO.F-517)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 6, close · closer than Faded Yellow
Dead Flesh vs Gelbbraun 8020 (ATOM-20015)ATOM · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Faded Yellow equivalents · Dead Flesh equivalents