What is the difference between Fired Clay and Succubus Skin?

ΔE 7 (close). Succubus Skin is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Fired Clay vs Succubus Skin

Fired Clay

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09171
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a15851 (estimate)

Succubus Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.108
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b05b5e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Succubus Skin is a little lighter, cooler than Fired Clay.

Can I use Succubus Skin instead of Fired Clay?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Succubus Skin is a little lighter, cooler than Fired Clay.

Can I use Fired Clay instead of Succubus Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Fired Clay is a little darker, 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 Fired Clay on the colour wheel See Succubus Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Fired Clay

Fired Clay vs Gorgon Brown (72.124)Game Color · ΔE 9, close
Fired Clay vs Red Leather (70.818)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Fired Clay vs German Orange (70.805)Model Color · ΔE 10, close

Other Reaper paints close to Succubus Skin

Succubus Skin vs Blushing Rose (09140)Master Series Paints · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Fired Clay
Succubus Skin vs Rust Brown (09072)Master Series Paints · ΔE 9, close
Succubus Skin vs Antique Rose (09139)Master Series Paints · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Fired Clay equivalents · Succubus Skin equivalents