What is the difference between Human Flesh and Fairy Skin?

ΔE 28 (loose). Fairy Skin is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Human Flesh vs Fairy Skin

Human Flesh

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN15
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #daab97 (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 27.8, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fairy Skin is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler than Human Flesh.

Can I use Fairy Skin instead of Human Flesh?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 28). Fairy Skin is noticeably darker, more saturated, cooler than Human Flesh.

Can I use Human Flesh instead of Fairy Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Human Flesh is noticeably lighter, 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 Human Flesh on the colour wheel See Fairy Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Human Flesh

Human Flesh vs Mummy White (72.449)Xpress Color · ΔE 17, loose · closer than Fairy Skin
Human Flesh vs Bag of Bones (72.450)Xpress Color · ΔE 25, loose · closer than Fairy Skin
Human Flesh vs Templar White (72.401)Xpress Color · ΔE 25, 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 Human Flesh
Fairy Skin vs Phoenix Feather (SIN14)Instant Colors · ΔE 23, loose · closer than Human Flesh
Fairy Skin vs Dead Flesh (SIN11)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose · closer than Human Flesh

All matches: Human Flesh equivalents · Fairy Skin equivalents