What is the difference between Corpse Pale and Bone White?

ΔE 10 (close). Bone White is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Corpse Pale vs Bone White

Corpse Pale

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Legacy
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eeca9f (estimate)

Bone White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.034
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac7a8 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bone White is more muted, cooler than Corpse Pale.

Can I use Bone White instead of Corpse Pale?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Bone White is more muted, cooler than Corpse Pale.

Can I use Corpse Pale instead of Bone White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Corpse Pale is 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 Corpse Pale on the colour wheel See Bone White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Corpse Pale

Corpse Pale vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Bone White
Corpse Pale vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Bone White
Corpse Pale vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Bone White

Other Army Painter paints close to Bone White

Bone White vs Ancient StoneWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Corpse Pale
Bone White vs Skeleton BoneWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Corpse Pale
Bone White vs Skeleton BoneWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 6, close · closer than Corpse Pale

All matches: Corpse Pale equivalents · Bone White equivalents