What is the difference between Fair Skin and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 8 (close). Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fair Skin vs Pale Flesh

Fair Skin

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09047
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e5c1a2 (estimate)

Pale Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.003
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ebd3b9 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Fair Skin.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Fair Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted, cooler than Fair Skin.

Can I use Fair Skin instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fair Skin is a little 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 Fair Skin on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fair Skin

Fair Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Fair Skin vs Bone White (72.034)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pale Flesh
Fair Skin vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pale Flesh

Other Reaper paints close to Pale Flesh

Pale Flesh vs Fair Highlights (09048)Master Series Paints · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Fair Skin
Pale Flesh vs Polished Bone (09060)Master Series Paints · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Fair Skin
Pale Flesh vs Bare Bone (09059)Master Series Paints · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Fair Skin equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents