What is the difference between Flickering Flame and Sunny Skin Tone?

ΔE 9 (close). Sunny Skin Tone is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Flickering Flame vs Sunny Skin Tone

Flickering Flame

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f28629 (estimate)

Sunny Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.845
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eb893b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sunny Skin Tone is more muted than Flickering Flame.

Can I use Sunny Skin Tone instead of Flickering Flame?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Sunny Skin Tone is more muted than Flickering Flame.

Can I use Flickering Flame instead of Sunny Skin Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Flickering Flame is more saturated.

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 Flickering Flame on the colour wheel See Sunny Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Flickering Flame

Flickering Flame vs Sun Yellow (72.006)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sunny Skin Tone
Flickering Flame vs Scrofulous Brown (72.038)Game Color · ΔE 9, close
Flickering Flame vs Golden Yellow (70.948)Model Color · ΔE 11, fair

Other Army Painter paints close to Sunny Skin Tone

Sunny Skin Tone vs Safety OrangeWarpaints Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Flickering Flame
Sunny Skin Tone vs Orange MagmaWarpaints Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flickering Flame
Sunny Skin Tone vs Demigod FlamesWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 8, close · closer than Flickering Flame

All matches: Flickering Flame equivalents · Sunny Skin Tone equivalents