What is the difference between Pale Gold Yellow and Dead Flesh?

ΔE 6 (close). Dead Flesh is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pale Gold Yellow vs Dead Flesh

Pale Gold Yellow

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-517
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d7c657 (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 6.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dead Flesh is more muted than Pale Gold Yellow.

Can I use Dead Flesh instead of Pale Gold Yellow?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Dead Flesh is more muted than Pale Gold Yellow.

Can I use Pale Gold Yellow instead of Dead Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pale Gold Yellow is more saturated.

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 Pale Gold Yellow on the colour wheel See Dead Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pale Gold Yellow

Pale Gold Yellow vs German Yellow (70.806)Model Color · ΔE 10, fair
Pale Gold Yellow vs Beige (70.917)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair
Pale Gold Yellow vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 12, fair

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 Pale Gold Yellow
Dead Flesh vs Faded Yellow (ATOM-20016)ATOM · ΔE 8, close
Dead Flesh vs Gelbbraun 8020 (ATOM-20015)ATOM · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Pale Gold Yellow equivalents · Dead Flesh equivalents