What is the difference between Dead Flesh and Fairy Skin?

ΔE 24 (loose). Fairy Skin is a little lighter, much more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dead Flesh vs Fairy Skin

Dead Flesh

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

Fairy Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.457
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #ae635c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 23.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fairy Skin is a little lighter, much more saturated than Dead Flesh.

Can I use Fairy Skin instead of Dead Flesh?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 24). Fairy Skin is a little lighter, much more saturated than Dead Flesh.

Can I use Dead Flesh instead of Fairy Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dead Flesh is a little darker, much more muted.

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 Fairy 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 Fairy Skin
Dead Flesh vs Wicked Purple (72.456)Xpress Color · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Fairy Skin
Dead Flesh vs Demonic Skin (72.458)Xpress Color · ΔE 20, loose · closer than Fairy Skin

Other Scale75 paints close to Fairy Skin

Fairy Skin vs Endurance Brown (SIN35)Instant Colors · ΔE 22, loose · closer than Dead Flesh
Fairy Skin vs Phoenix Feather (SIN14)Instant Colors · ΔE 23, loose · closer than Dead Flesh
Fairy Skin vs Rage Brown (SIN36)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Dead Flesh equivalents · Fairy Skin equivalents