What is the difference between Half-Orc Highlight and Med. Flesh Tone?

ΔE 9 (close). Med. Flesh Tone is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Half-Orc Highlight vs Med. Flesh Tone

Half-Orc Highlight

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09204
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #925c21 (estimate)

Med. Flesh Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.860
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a5713d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Med. Flesh Tone is a little lighter, more muted than Half-Orc Highlight.

Can I use Med. Flesh Tone instead of Half-Orc Highlight?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Med. Flesh Tone is a little lighter, more muted than Half-Orc Highlight.

Can I use Half-Orc Highlight instead of Med. Flesh Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Half-Orc Highlight is a little darker, 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 Half-Orc Highlight on the colour wheel See Med. Flesh Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Half-Orc Highlight

Half-Orc Highlight vs Bronze Brown (72.036)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Med. Flesh Tone
Half-Orc Highlight vs Wood (71.077)Model Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Med. Flesh Tone
Half-Orc Highlight vs Earth (72.062)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Med. Flesh Tone

Other Reaper paints close to Med. Flesh Tone

Med. Flesh Tone vs Sand Brown (09190)Master Series Paints · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Half-Orc Highlight
Med. Flesh Tone vs Tanned Leather (09031)Master Series Paints · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Half-Orc Highlight
Med. Flesh Tone vs Green Ochre (09128)Master Series Paints · ΔE 14, fair

All matches: Half-Orc Highlight equivalents · Med. Flesh Tone equivalents