What is the difference between Rakarth Flesh and IJN Medium Grey?

ΔE 8 (close). IJN Medium Grey is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Rakarth Flesh vs IJN Medium Grey

Rakarth Flesh

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Base
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a8a090 (estimate)

IJN Medium Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.312
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e9184 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. IJN Medium Grey is a little darker than Rakarth Flesh.

Can I use IJN Medium Grey instead of Rakarth Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). IJN Medium Grey is a little darker than Rakarth Flesh.

Can I use Rakarth Flesh instead of IJN Medium Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Rakarth Flesh is a little lighter.

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 Rakarth Flesh on the colour wheel See IJN Medium Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Rakarth Flesh

Rakarth Flesh vs Deck Tan (70.986)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than IJN Medium Grey
Rakarth Flesh vs IAF Sand (71.327)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than IJN Medium Grey
Rakarth Flesh vs Russian AF Grey N.4 (71.346)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than IJN Medium Grey

Other Citadel paints close to IJN Medium Grey

IJN Medium Grey vs Typhon AshColour: Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Rakarth Flesh
IJN Medium Grey vs Administratum GreyColour: Layer · ΔE 7, close · closer than Rakarth Flesh
IJN Medium Grey vs Administratum GreyColour: Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Rakarth Flesh

All matches: Rakarth Flesh equivalents · IJN Medium Grey equivalents