What is the difference between Dead Flesh and Demonic Skin?

ΔE 20 (loose). Demonic Skin is noticeably darker, much more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dead Flesh vs Demonic Skin

Dead Flesh

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN11
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #7d6460 (estimate)

Demonic Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.458
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #753d45 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.8, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Demonic Skin is noticeably darker, much more saturated, cooler than Dead Flesh.

Can I use Demonic Skin instead of Dead Flesh?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 20). Demonic Skin is noticeably darker, much more saturated, cooler than Dead Flesh.

Can I use Dead Flesh instead of Demonic Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dead Flesh is noticeably lighter, much more muted, 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 Dead Flesh on the colour wheel See Demonic Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dead Flesh

Dead Flesh vs Zombie Flesh (72.470)Xpress Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Demonic Skin
Dead Flesh vs Wicked Purple (72.456)Xpress Color · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Demonic Skin
Dead Flesh vs Mummy White (72.449)Xpress Color · ΔE 21, loose

Other Scale75 paints close to Demonic Skin

Demonic Skin vs Demon Brown (SIN44)Instant Colors · ΔE 15, fair · closer than Dead Flesh
Demonic Skin vs Grizzly Brown (SIN34)Instant Colors · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Dead Flesh
Demonic Skin vs Werewolf Brown (SIN01)Instant Colors · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Dead Flesh

All matches: Dead Flesh equivalents · Demonic Skin equivalents