What is the difference between Fair Skin and Flayed One Flesh?

ΔE 9 (close). Flayed One Flesh is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fair Skin vs Flayed One Flesh

Fair Skin

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4055P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e9a48c (estimate)

Flayed One Flesh

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d8a888 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flayed One Flesh is more muted, warmer than Fair Skin.

Can I use Flayed One Flesh instead of Fair Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flayed One Flesh is more muted, warmer than Fair Skin.

Can I use Fair Skin instead of Flayed One Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fair Skin 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 Fair Skin on the colour wheel See Flayed One Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Citadel paints close to Fair Skin

Fair Skin vs Kislev FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flayed One Flesh
Fair Skin vs Kislev FleshColour: Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flayed One Flesh
Fair Skin vs Eldar FleshColour: Dry · ΔE 9, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Flayed One Flesh

Flayed One Flesh vs Tanned Skin (WP4142P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Fair Skin
Flayed One Flesh vs Kobold SkinWarpaints Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Fair Skin
Flayed One Flesh vs Amber SkinWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 6, close · closer than Fair Skin

All matches: Fair Skin equivalents · Flayed One Flesh equivalents