What is the difference between Ares Flesh and Light Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Light Brown is a little darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ares Flesh vs Light Brown

Ares Flesh

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bb8e68 (estimate)

Light Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.027
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a4885f (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Light Brown is a little darker, cooler than Ares Flesh.

Can I use Light Brown instead of Ares Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Light Brown is a little darker, cooler than Ares Flesh.

Can I use Ares Flesh instead of Light Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ares Flesh 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 Ares Flesh on the colour wheel See Light Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Ares Flesh

Ares Flesh vs USAF Tan (71.348)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Brown
Ares Flesh vs Barbarian Skin (72.071)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Brown
Ares Flesh vs US Earth Yellow (71.291)Model Air · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Brown

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Light Brown

Light Brown vs Skeleton LegionTriads: midtones · ΔE 6, close · closer than Ares Flesh
Light Brown vs Dragon FangTriads: shadows · ΔE 7, close · closer than Ares Flesh
Light Brown vs Elven SkinTriads: highlights · ΔE 10, fair

All matches: Ares Flesh equivalents · Light Brown equivalents