What is the difference between Light Skin and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 14 (fair). Pale Flesh is much more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin vs Pale Flesh

Light Skin

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fac4a1 (estimate)

Pale Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.003
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ebd3b9 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 14.0, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Pale Flesh is much more muted, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Light Skin?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 14). Pale Flesh is much more muted, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Light Skin instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Skin is much more saturated, 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 Light Skin on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Skin

Light Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Pale Flesh
Light Skin vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Pale Flesh
Light Skin vs Rosy Flesh (72.100)Game Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Pale Flesh

Other Scale75 paints close to Pale Flesh

Pale Flesh vs Birch (SC25)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Skin
Pale Flesh vs Off White (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Skin
Pale Flesh vs Mojave White (SC62)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Skin

All matches: Light Skin equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents