What is the difference between Elven Skin and Pale Flesh?

ΔE 9 (close). Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Elven Skin vs Pale Flesh

Elven Skin

Brand: Two Thin Coats
Range: Triads: highlights
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bf9475 (estimate)

Pale Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.015
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c5a38d (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted than Elven Skin.

Can I use Pale Flesh instead of Elven Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Pale Flesh is a little lighter, more muted than Elven Skin.

Can I use Elven Skin instead of Pale Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Elven Skin is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Elven Skin on the colour wheel See Pale Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Elven Skin

Elven Skin vs Barbarian Skin (72.071)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Pale Flesh
Elven Skin vs USAF Tan (71.348)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Elven Skin vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 9, close

Other Two Thin Coats paints close to Pale Flesh

Pale Flesh vs Vampire FangTriads: highlights · ΔE 8, close · closer than Elven Skin
Pale Flesh vs Temple StoneTriads: highlights · ΔE 12, fair
Pale Flesh vs Skeleton LegionTriads: midtones · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Elven Skin equivalents · Pale Flesh equivalents