What is the difference between Familiar Pink and Fairy Skin?

ΔE 51 (loose). Fairy Skin is much more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Familiar Pink vs Fairy Skin

Familiar Pink

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Speedpaint 2.0
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #e0288a (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 51.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fairy Skin is much more muted, warmer than Familiar Pink.

Can I use Fairy Skin instead of Familiar Pink?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 51). Fairy Skin is much more muted, warmer than Familiar Pink.

Can I use Familiar Pink instead of Fairy Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Familiar Pink is much 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 Familiar Pink on the colour wheel See Fairy Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Familiar Pink

Familiar Pink vs Fluid Pink (72.459)Xpress Color · ΔE 28, loose · closer than Fairy Skin
Familiar Pink vs Cardinal Purple (72.408)Xpress Color · ΔE 43, loose · closer than Fairy Skin
Familiar Pink vs Plasma Red (72.406)Xpress Color · ΔE 47, loose · closer than Fairy Skin

Other Army Painter paints close to Fairy Skin

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

All matches: Familiar Pink equivalents · Fairy Skin equivalents