What is the difference between Orange and Medium Flesh?

ΔE 17 (loose). Medium Flesh is a little lighter, much more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Orange vs Medium Flesh

Orange

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Pure Pigments
Code: Pure Pigments
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f25735 (estimate)

Medium Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.005
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f97c55 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 16.9, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Medium Flesh is a little lighter, much more muted than Orange.

Can I use Medium Flesh instead of Orange?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Medium Flesh is a little lighter, much more muted than Orange.

Can I use Orange instead of Medium Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Orange is a little darker, much 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 Orange on the colour wheel See Medium Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Orange

Orange vs Bright Orange (70.851)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Medium Flesh
Orange vs Orange (71.083)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Medium Flesh
Orange vs Hot Orange (72.009)Game Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Medium Flesh

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Medium Flesh

Medium Flesh vs Pumpkin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Orange
Medium Flesh vs Mars Orange (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Orange
Medium Flesh vs Caucasian Skin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 17, loose

All matches: Orange equivalents · Medium Flesh equivalents