What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Dark Flesh?

ΔE 10 (close). Dark Flesh is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Dark Flesh

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY42
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cf9b39 (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 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dark Flesh is a little darker, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Dark Flesh instead of Yellow Oxide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Dark Flesh is a little darker, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Dark Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is a little lighter, 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 Yellow Oxide on the colour wheel See Dark Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Yellow Oxide

Yellow Oxide vs Yellow Ochre (70.913)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Dark Flesh
Yellow Oxide vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dark Flesh
Yellow Oxide vs Leather Brown (72.040)Game Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other Golden paints close to Dark Flesh

Dark Flesh vs Raw Sienna (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Dark Flesh vs Yellow Ochre (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 8, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Dark Flesh vs Naples Yellow Deep (1222)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 20, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Dark Flesh equivalents