What is the difference between Light Orange and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 13 (fair). Pale Flesh is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Orange vs Pale Flesh

Light Orange

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fed0a6 (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 12.7, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Pale Flesh is much more muted, cooler than Light Orange.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Light Orange?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Pale Flesh is much more muted, cooler than Light Orange.

Can I use Light Orange instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Orange is much more saturated, warmer.

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 Light Orange on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Orange

Light Orange vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Light Orange vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Light Orange vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Pale Flesh

Other Golden paints close to Pale Flesh

Pale Flesh vs Titan Buff (PW6:1 / PW6)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Orange
Pale Flesh vs Titan Mars Pale (PW6 / PBr6)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Orange
Pale Flesh vs Titan Green Pale (PW6 / PY42 / PBr7 / PG7)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Light Orange equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents