What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Dead Flesh?

ΔE 22 (loose). Dead Flesh is noticeably lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Dead Flesh

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY42
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cf9b39 (estimate)

Dead Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.035
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dcca68 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 22.0, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Dead Flesh is noticeably lighter, more muted, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Dead Flesh instead of Yellow Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 22). Dead Flesh is noticeably lighter, more muted, cooler than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Dead Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Yellow Oxide is noticeably darker, 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 Yellow Oxide on the colour wheel See Dead 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 Dead Flesh
Yellow Oxide vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dead Flesh
Yellow Oxide vs Dark Flesh (70.927)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Dead Flesh

Other Golden paints close to Dead Flesh

Dead Flesh vs Naples Yellow Hue (PW6:1 / PW6 / PY42 / PY83(HR70))Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Dead Flesh vs Titanate YellowHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Yellow Oxide
Dead Flesh vs Light Bismuth YellowHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 23, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Dead Flesh equivalents