What is the difference between Aged Hide and Fairy Skin?

ΔE 19 (loose). Fairy Skin is a little darker, much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Aged Hide vs Fairy Skin

Aged Hide

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #d06a50 (estimate)

Fairy Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.457
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #ae635c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 18.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fairy Skin is a little darker, much more muted, cooler than Aged Hide.

Can I use Fairy Skin instead of Aged Hide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 19). Fairy Skin is a little darker, much more muted, cooler than Aged Hide.

Can I use Aged Hide instead of Fairy Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Aged Hide is a little lighter, much 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 Aged Hide on the colour wheel See Fairy Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Aged Hide

Aged Hide vs Chameleon Orange (72.455)Xpress Color · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Fairy Skin
Aged Hide vs Martian Orange (72.405)Xpress Color · ΔE 22, loose
Aged Hide vs Phoenix Orange (72.478)Xpress Color · ΔE 22, loose

Other Army Painter paints close to Fairy Skin

Fairy Skin vs Goddess GlowSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 6, close · closer than Aged Hide
Fairy Skin vs Warrior SkinSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Aged Hide
Fairy Skin vs Dusk RedSpeedpaint 2.0 · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Aged Hide

All matches: Aged Hide equivalents · Fairy Skin equivalents