What is the difference between Beige and Dead Flesh?

ΔE 9 (close). Dead Flesh is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Beige vs Dead Flesh

Beige

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.917
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d7b65b (estimate)

Dead Flesh

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.035
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dcca68 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Dead Flesh is a little lighter, cooler than Beige.

Can I use Dead Flesh instead of Beige?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Dead Flesh is a little lighter, cooler than Beige.

Can I use Beige instead of Dead Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Beige is a little darker, 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 Beige on the colour wheel See Dead Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Beige

Beige vs Beige (71.074)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Dead Flesh
Beige vs Buff (70.976)Model Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Dead Flesh
Beige vs German Yellow (70.806)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Dead Flesh

Other Vallejo paints close to Dead Flesh

Dead Flesh vs Toxic Yellow (72.109)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Beige
Dead Flesh vs German Yellow (70.806)Model Color · ΔE 9, close
Dead Flesh vs Beige (71.074)Model Air · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Beige equivalents · Dead Flesh equivalents