What is the difference between Fire Dragon Bright and Sunny Skin Tone?

ΔE 8 (close). Sunny Skin Tone is more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fire Dragon Bright vs Sunny Skin Tone

Fire Dragon Bright

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f08a2a (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 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Sunny Skin Tone is more muted than Fire Dragon Bright.

Can I use Sunny Skin Tone instead of Fire Dragon Bright?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Sunny Skin Tone is more muted than Fire Dragon Bright.

Can I use Fire Dragon Bright instead of Sunny Skin Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fire Dragon Bright 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 Fire Dragon Bright on the colour wheel See Sunny Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fire Dragon Bright

Fire Dragon Bright vs Sun Yellow (72.006)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sunny Skin Tone
Fire Dragon Bright vs Scrofulous Brown (72.038)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Sunny Skin Tone
Fire Dragon Bright vs Golden Yellow (70.948)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Citadel paints close to Sunny Skin Tone

Sunny Skin Tone vs Lugganath OrangeColour: Layer · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Fire Dragon Bright
Sunny Skin Tone vs Ryza RustColour: Dry · ΔE 8, close · closer than Fire Dragon Bright
Sunny Skin Tone vs T'au Light OchreColour: Layer · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: Fire Dragon Bright equivalents · Sunny Skin Tone equivalents