What is the difference between Raw Sienna and Flat Flesh?

ΔE 10 (close). Flat Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Raw Sienna vs Flat Flesh

Raw Sienna

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY43
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cc8532 (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 9.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Raw Sienna.

Can I use Flat Flesh instead of Raw Sienna?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Flat Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, warmer than Raw Sienna.

Can I use Raw Sienna instead of Flat Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Raw Sienna is a little darker, 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 Raw Sienna on the colour wheel See Flat Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Raw Sienna

Raw Sienna vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Flat Flesh
Raw Sienna vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Flesh
Raw Sienna vs Leather Brown (72.040)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Flesh

Other Golden paints close to Flat Flesh

Flat Flesh vs Yellow Ochre (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 15, fair
Flat Flesh vs Yellow Oxide (PY42)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 18, loose
Flat Flesh vs Transparent Brown Iron OxideHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 21, loose

All matches: Raw Sienna equivalents · Flat Flesh equivalents