What is the difference between Yellow Ochre and Dark Flesh?

ΔE 8 (close). Dark Flesh is a little darker, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Ochre vs Dark Flesh

Yellow Ochre

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY43
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dd9635 (estimate)

Dark Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.927
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ca8935 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Flesh is a little darker, more muted than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Dark Flesh instead of Yellow Ochre?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Dark Flesh is a little darker, more muted than Yellow Ochre.

Can I use Yellow Ochre instead of Dark Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Ochre is a little lighter, more saturated.

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 Yellow Ochre on the colour wheel See Dark Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Ochre

Yellow Ochre vs Yellow Ochre (71.033)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Dark Flesh
Yellow Ochre vs Yellow RLM04 (71.078)Model Air · ΔE 8, close
Yellow Ochre vs Leather Brown (72.040)Game Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Golden paints close to Dark Flesh

Dark Flesh vs Raw Sienna (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Ochre
Dark Flesh vs Yellow Oxide (PY42)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, close
Dark Flesh vs Naples Yellow Deep (1222)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Yellow Ochre equivalents · Dark Flesh equivalents