What is the difference between Endurance Brown and Fairy Skin?

ΔE 22 (loose). Fairy Skin is noticeably lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Endurance Brown vs Fairy Skin

Endurance Brown

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN35
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #763e21 (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 22.1, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fairy Skin is noticeably lighter, cooler than Endurance Brown.

Can I use Fairy Skin instead of Endurance Brown?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 22). Fairy Skin is noticeably lighter, cooler than Endurance Brown.

Can I use Endurance Brown instead of Fairy Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Endurance Brown is noticeably 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 Endurance Brown on the colour wheel See Fairy Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Endurance Brown

Endurance Brown vs Desert Ochre (72.454)Xpress Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Fairy Skin
Endurance Brown vs Military Yellow (72.453)Xpress Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Fairy Skin
Endurance Brown vs Dwarf Skin (72.402)Xpress Color · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Fairy Skin

Other Scale75 paints close to Fairy Skin

Fairy Skin vs Phoenix Feather (SIN14)Instant Colors · ΔE 23, loose
Fairy Skin vs Dead Flesh (SIN11)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose
Fairy Skin vs Rage Brown (SIN36)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Endurance Brown equivalents · Fairy Skin equivalents