What is the difference between Bootstrap Leather and Med. Flesh Tone?

ΔE 8 (close). Med. Flesh Tone is a little lighter. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bootstrap Leather vs Med. Flesh Tone

Bootstrap Leather

Brand: Formula P3
Range: Formula P3
Code: 93031
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #8e5f2f (estimate)

Med. Flesh Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.860
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a5713d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Med. Flesh Tone is a little lighter than Bootstrap Leather.

Can I use Med. Flesh Tone instead of Bootstrap Leather?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Med. Flesh Tone is a little lighter than Bootstrap Leather.

Can I use Bootstrap Leather instead of Med. Flesh Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Bootstrap Leather is a little darker.

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 Bootstrap Leather on the colour wheel See Med. Flesh Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Bootstrap Leather

Bootstrap Leather vs Wood (71.077)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Med. Flesh Tone
Bootstrap Leather vs Ochre Brown (70.856)Model Color · ΔE 8, close
Bootstrap Leather vs Bronze Brown (72.036)Game Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Formula P3 paints close to Med. Flesh Tone

Med. Flesh Tone vs Bogrin Brown (93139)Formula P3 · ΔE 11, fair
Med. Flesh Tone vs Blood Tracker Brown (93030)Formula P3 · ΔE 12, fair
Med. Flesh Tone vs Idrian Flesh (93055)Formula P3 · ΔE 15, fair

All matches: Bootstrap Leather equivalents · Med. Flesh Tone equivalents