What is the difference between Catachan Flesh and Light Brown?

ΔE 9 (close). Light Brown is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Catachan Flesh vs Light Brown

Catachan Flesh

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

Light Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.929
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #975534 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Brown is more saturated, cooler than Catachan Flesh.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Catachan Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Light Brown is more saturated, cooler than Catachan Flesh.

Can I use Catachan Flesh instead of Light Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Catachan Flesh is more muted, warmer.

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

Other Citadel paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs XV-88Colour: Base · ΔE 10, fair
Light Brown vs Golfag BrownColour: Dry · ΔE 10, fair
Light Brown vs Deathclaw BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Catachan Flesh equivalents · Light Brown equivalents