What is the difference between Catachan Flesh and Cork Brown?

ΔE 7 (close). Cork Brown is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Catachan Flesh vs Cork Brown

Catachan Flesh

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8a5a3a (estimate)

Cork Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.843
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #94694d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cork Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Catachan Flesh.

Can I use Cork Brown instead of Catachan Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Cork Brown is a little lighter, more muted than Catachan Flesh.

Can I use Catachan Flesh instead of Cork Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Catachan Flesh is a little darker, 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 Catachan Flesh on the colour wheel See Cork Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Catachan Flesh

Catachan Flesh vs Brown Sand (70.876)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cork Brown
Catachan Flesh vs Mustard Brown (70.769)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cork Brown
Catachan Flesh vs New Wood (70.770)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Cork Brown

Other Citadel paints close to Cork Brown

Cork Brown vs Hobgrot HideColour: Base · ΔE 9, close
Cork Brown vs Sylvaneth BarkColour: Dry · ΔE 9, close
Cork Brown vs Bugman's GlowColour: Base · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Catachan Flesh equivalents · Cork Brown equivalents