What is the difference between Off White and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 6 (close). Pale Flesh is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Off White vs Pale Flesh

Off White

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #efdfbd (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 6.0, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Flesh is a little darker, warmer than Off White.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Off White?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Pale Flesh is a little darker, warmer than Off White.

Can I use Off White instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Off White is a little lighter, 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 Off White on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Off White

Off White vs Elfic Flesh (72.098)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Off White vs Off-White (71.270)Model Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Pale Flesh
Off White vs Ivory (70.918)Model 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 Off White
Pale Flesh vs Mojave White (SC62)Scalecolor · ΔE 7, close
Pale Flesh vs Moonray Flesh (SFG17)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 8, close

All matches: Off White equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents