What is the difference between Desert Skin and Beige Red?

ΔE 8 (close). Beige Red is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Desert Skin vs Beige Red

Desert Skin

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4151P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #af7349 (estimate)

Beige Red

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.804
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a76548 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Beige Red is a little darker, cooler than Desert Skin.

Can I use Beige Red instead of Desert Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Beige Red is a little darker, cooler than Desert Skin.

Can I use Desert Skin instead of Beige Red?

The same difference applies the other way round: Desert Skin is a little lighter, 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 Desert Skin on the colour wheel See Beige Red on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Desert Skin

Desert Skin vs Med. Flesh Tone (70.860)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Beige Red
Desert Skin vs Wood (71.077)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Beige Red
Desert Skin vs Elf Skin Tone (72.004)Game Color · ΔE 8, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Beige Red

Beige Red vs Viper BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Desert Skin
Beige Red vs Kawa Brown (WP4163P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Desert Skin
Beige Red vs Bullwhack BrownWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Desert Skin

All matches: Desert Skin equivalents · Beige Red equivalents