What is the difference between Rage Brown and Fairy Skin?

ΔE 24 (loose). Fairy Skin is noticeably lighter, more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Rage Brown vs Fairy Skin

Rage Brown

Brand: Scale75
Range: Instant Colors
Code: SIN36
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #7c2a1b (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 24.2, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Fairy Skin is noticeably lighter, more muted, cooler than Rage Brown.

Can I use Fairy Skin instead of Rage Brown?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 24). Fairy Skin is noticeably lighter, more muted, cooler than Rage Brown.

Can I use Rage Brown instead of Fairy Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Rage Brown is noticeably darker, 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 Rage Brown on the colour wheel See Fairy Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Rage Brown

Rage Brown vs Seraph Red (72.479)Xpress Color · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Fairy Skin
Rage Brown vs Plasma Red (72.406)Xpress Color · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Fairy Skin
Rage Brown vs Desert Ochre (72.454)Xpress Color · ΔE 15, 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 Rage Brown
Fairy Skin vs Phoenix Feather (SIN14)Instant Colors · ΔE 23, loose · closer than Rage Brown
Fairy Skin vs Dead Flesh (SIN11)Instant Colors · ΔE 24, loose · closer than Rage Brown

All matches: Rage Brown equivalents · Fairy Skin equivalents