What is the difference between Pure Filth and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 15 (loose). Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pure Filth vs Pale Flesh

Pure Filth

Brand: Bear Cavalry
Range: Bear Cavalry Paints
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b18f62 (estimate)

Pale Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.015
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c5a38d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 15.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Pure Filth.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Pure Filth?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 15). Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Pure Filth.

Can I use Pure Filth instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pure Filth is a little darker, 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 Pure Filth on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pure Filth

Pure Filth vs US Earth Yellow (71.291)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Pure Filth vs Light Brown (71.027)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Pure Filth vs USAF Tan (71.348)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Flesh

Other Bear Cavalry paints close to Pale Flesh

Pale Flesh vs Bison-BeastBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Pure Filth
Pale Flesh vs Hunter's QuiverBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Pure Filth
Pale Flesh vs Glass Moon LightBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Pure Filth equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents