What is the difference between Moonray Flesh and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 8 (close). Pale Flesh is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Moonray Flesh vs Pale Flesh

Moonray Flesh

Brand: Scale75
Range: Fantasy & Games
Code: SFG17
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e2cea5 (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 8.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Flesh is more muted, warmer than Moonray Flesh.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Moonray Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pale Flesh is more muted, warmer than Moonray Flesh.

Can I use Moonray Flesh instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Moonray Flesh is more saturated, cooler.

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 Moonray Flesh on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Moonray Flesh

Moonray Flesh vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Moonray Flesh vs Off-White (71.270)Model Air · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Moonray Flesh vs Bone White (72.034)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Pale Flesh

Other Scale75 paints close to Pale Flesh

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

All matches: Moonray Flesh equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents