What is the difference between Phoenix Feather and Fairy Skin?

ΔE 23 (loose). Fairy Skin is noticeably darker, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Phoenix Feather vs Fairy Skin

Phoenix Feather

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN14
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #cd895d (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 22.6, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fairy Skin is noticeably darker, more muted, cooler than Phoenix Feather.

Can I use Fairy Skin instead of Phoenix Feather?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 23). Fairy Skin is noticeably darker, more muted, cooler than Phoenix Feather.

Can I use Phoenix Feather instead of Fairy Skin?

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

Other Vallejo paints close to Phoenix Feather

Phoenix Feather vs Khaki Drill (72.451)Xpress Color · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Fairy Skin
Phoenix Feather vs Bag of Bones (72.450)Xpress Color · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Fairy Skin
Phoenix Feather vs Mummy White (72.449)Xpress Color · ΔE 21, 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 Phoenix Feather
Fairy Skin vs Dead Flesh (SIN11)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose
Fairy Skin vs Rage Brown (SIN36)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose

All matches: Phoenix Feather equivalents · Fairy Skin equivalents