What is the difference between Tyrant Skull and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 10 (close). Pale Flesh is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tyrant Skull vs Pale Flesh

Tyrant Skull

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Dry
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d8d0a8 (estimate)

Pale Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.003
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ebd3b9 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Flesh is more muted, warmer than Tyrant Skull.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Tyrant Skull?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Pale Flesh is more muted, warmer than Tyrant Skull.

Can I use Tyrant Skull instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tyrant Skull is more saturated, 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 Tyrant Skull on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Tyrant Skull

Tyrant Skull vs Off-White (71.270)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Tyrant Skull vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Tyrant Skull vs Bone White (72.034)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pale Flesh

Other Citadel paints close to Pale Flesh

Pale Flesh vs Deepkin FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close · closer than Tyrant Skull
Pale Flesh vs Screaming SkullColour: Layer · ΔE 10, close
Pale Flesh vs WraithboneColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Tyrant Skull equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents