Flesh Wash
Citadel · Foundation Wash (discontinued)
#CE8C42 · L*63.6 a*18.2 b*48.5
The closest match to Citadel Flesh Wash in every other range, nearest first.
Citadel Flesh Wash is a mid-toned, saturated orange. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Arteza Aztec Gold at ΔE 0.9. 10 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.
What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be
This is a wash, shade or ink range, and the list below ranks it on colour alone — which for a paint meant to be thinned into a recess is the least reliable thing about it. How to read these matches, and how to choose a wash substitute.
What is the closest equivalent to Citadel Flesh Wash?
Arteza Aztec Gold is the closest equivalent to Citadel Flesh Wash in any other range, at ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: The Army Painter Troll Claws (ΔE 1.2) and AK Interactive Orange Tan (ΔE 1.4).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Citadel Flesh Wash?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Yellow Ochre, ΔE 2.1 — a very close substitute. The full Citadel to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
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Flesh Wash equivalent in Arteza
- A Aztec Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints A201 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- A Gold Acrylic Premium Paints A703 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
Flesh Wash equivalent in The Army Painter
- A Troll Claws Warpaints WP1459 ΔE 1.2 · near-perfect
- C Desert Yellow Warpaints WP1121 ΔE 4.3 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Orange Tan Figures (3rd Gen) AK11409 ΔE 1.4 · near-perfect
- B Golden Flesh Figures AK3052 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Green Stuff World
- A Sun-bleached Bone Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
- D Ochre Desert Acrylic Colors ΔE 6.1 · similar
Flesh Wash equivalent in Vallejo
- B Yellow Ochre Premium Airbrush Color 62.015 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Dark Flesh Model Color 70.927 ΔE 3.4 · very close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Golden
- B Yellow Oxide Heavy Body 1410 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- B Yellow Oxide OPEN Acrylics 7410 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Warcolours
- B Metallic Lemon Metallic paints ΔE 2.3 · very close
- C Metallic Choco Metallic paints ΔE 4.5 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Duncan
- B Dark Sun Yellow Wave 1 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Satyr Brown Wave 2 ΔE 3.5 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Reaper
- B Heartwood Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors 9314 ΔE 3.0 · very close
- B Blonde Hair Master Series Paints Core Colors 9257 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Scale75
- B Dwarven Gold Metal N Alchemy Range ΔE 3.0 · very close
- D Wild Beast Instant Colors Range ΔE 5.0 · similar
Flesh Wash equivalent in Foundry
- B Dusky Flesh Light Paint System 6C ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Chestnut Light Paint System 53C ΔE 3.1 · very close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Humbrol
- B Sand Aerosol Sprays S63 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Brass Aerosol Sprays S54 ΔE 5.1 · similar
Flesh Wash in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Color | #C8924C | FS 10266 | ΔE 3.2 |
| Liquitex | #D59646 | Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 3.3 |
| FolkArt | #C98B31 | Vivid Orange Acrylic Colors | ΔE 3.4 |
| Acrilex | #DF9249 | Amarelo Ocre Paints | ΔE 3.8 |
| Monument | #C59157 | Ninjon Dark Warm Flesh Pro Signature Series | ΔE 3.8 |
| Mr. Paint | #D88422 | Giallo Mimetico Mr Paint | ΔE 4.3 |
| P3 | #CB8C57 | Molten Bronze Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 4.4 |
| Creature | #C88B2A | Rich Gold Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 4.5 |
| Mig | #C28E5C | Ochre Earth Acrylics | ΔE 5.1 |
| Coat d'Arms | #C98651 | Billous Brown Fantasy Range | ΔE 5.2 |
| Revell | #D49C61 | Africa Brown Email Color - Matt | ΔE 5.2 |
| Mission Models | #B78240 | Sandgelb RLM 79 | ΔE 5.2 |
| Tamiya | #D89C42 | Desert yellow Acrylics Mini Flat | ΔE 5.8 |
| Kimera Kolors | #C79131 | Honey Moon Yellow Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 5.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #BE8B5E | Rough Sand Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 6.3 |
| Italeri | #C9973B | Giallo Mimetico 3 Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.8 |
| Apple Barrel | #F69D3F | Neon Orange Colors | ΔE 8.1 |
| Turbo Dork | #F79A47 | Cartridge Family | ΔE 8.2 |
Nearest colours inside Citadel
- A Ogryn Flesh Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 0.0 · indistinguishable
- A Vomit Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
- B Fulgurite Copper Layer ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Valdor Gold Air ΔE 2.9 · very close
- C Leprous Brown Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.5 · close
- C Bestigor Flesh Layer ΔE 4.8 · close
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot