What is the difference between Light Skin and Rosy Flesh?

ΔE 10 (close). Rosy Flesh is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin vs Rosy Flesh

Light Skin

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

Rosy Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.100
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #edab90 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Rosy Flesh is a little darker, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Rosy Flesh instead of Light Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Rosy Flesh is a little darker, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Light Skin instead of Rosy Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Skin is a little lighter, 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 Rosy 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 Rosy Flesh
Light Skin vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Rosy Flesh
Light Skin vs Pale Flesh (72.003)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair

Other Scale75 paints close to Rosy Flesh

Rosy Flesh vs Basic Flesh (SC20)Scalecolor · ΔE 8, close · closer than Light Skin
Rosy Flesh vs Light Skin (SC18)Scalecolor · ΔE 10, fair
Rosy Flesh vs Golden Skin (SC19)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Light Skin equivalents · Rosy Flesh equivalents