What is the difference between Yellow Oxide and Flat Flesh?

ΔE 18 (loose). Flat Flesh is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Yellow Oxide vs Flat Flesh

Yellow Oxide

Brand: Golden
Range: Heavy Body Acrylics
Code: PY42
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cf9b39 (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 18.0, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Flat Flesh is more muted, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Flat Flesh instead of Yellow Oxide?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 18). Flat Flesh is more muted, warmer than Yellow Oxide.

Can I use Yellow Oxide instead of Flat Flesh?

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

Other Golden paints close to Flat Flesh

Flat Flesh vs Raw Sienna (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 10, close · closer than Yellow Oxide
Flat Flesh vs Yellow Ochre (PY43)Heavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Yellow Oxide
Flat Flesh vs Transparent Brown Iron OxideHeavy Body Acrylics · ΔE 21, loose

All matches: Yellow Oxide equivalents · Flat Flesh equivalents