What is the difference between T'au Light Ochre and Flat Flesh?

ΔE 9 (close). Flat Flesh is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

T'au Light Ochre vs Flat Flesh

T'au Light Ochre

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c8883a (estimate)

Flat Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.955
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #da8c4d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Flesh is a little lighter, warmer than T'au Light Ochre.

Can I use Flat Flesh instead of T'au Light Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Flat Flesh is a little lighter, warmer than T'au Light Ochre.

Can I use T'au Light Ochre instead of Flat Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: T'au Light Ochre is a little darker, 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 T'au Light Ochre on the colour wheel See Flat Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to T'au Light Ochre

T'au Light Ochre vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Flat Flesh
T'au Light Ochre vs Leather Brown (72.040)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Flat Flesh
T'au Light Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Flat Flesh

Other Citadel paints close to Flat Flesh

Flat Flesh vs Ungor FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 12, fair
Flat Flesh vs Lugganath OrangeColour: Layer · ΔE 15, loose
Flat Flesh vs Bestigor FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 16, loose

All matches: T'au Light Ochre equivalents · Flat Flesh equivalents