Paint Equivalents

Shadow Flesh

Creature · Monument Pro Acryl · MPA-042

#974634 · L*39.9 a*32.5 b*26.8

The closest match to Creature Shadow Flesh in every other range, nearest first.

Creature Shadow Flesh is a dark, saturated red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Golden Mars Yellow, ΔE 2.0. 14 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

The closest colour to this paint is in a craft or fine-art range — a bottle sold for decorating and canvas work, not for models. The distance is right; the pot is a different kind of product. What a match to a craft bottle promises, and where it belongs on a model.

What is the closest equivalent to Creature Shadow Flesh?

Golden Mars Yellow is the closest equivalent to Creature Shadow Flesh in any other range, at ΔE 2.0 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Tamiya Flat earth (ΔE 2.0) and Citadel Guilliman Flesh (ΔE 2.4).

What is the Vallejo alternative to Creature Shadow Flesh?

The nearest Vallejo paint is Dwarf Skin, ΔE 2.9 — a very close substitute. The full Creature to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop Creature Shadow Flesh Shop Golden Mars Yellow (OPEN Acrylics) Shop Golden OPEN Acrylics set

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Golden

  1. A Mars Yellow OPEN Acrylics 7202 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect
  2. B Red Oxide Fluid 2360 ΔE 2.7 · very close

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Tamiya

  1. B Flat earth Lacquer Paint LP-74 ΔE 2.0 · very close
  2. D Dull red.jpeg Lacquer Paint LP-18 ΔE 6.6 · similar

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Guilliman Flesh Contrast ΔE 2.4 · very close
  2. C Squig Orange Layer ΔE 4.8 · close

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Mission Models

  1. B Dark Rust 1 MMW-001 ΔE 2.5 · very close
  2. D Japanese Propeller Brown MMP-115 ΔE 5.2 · similar

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Italeri

  1. B Leather Acrylic Paint 4674AP ΔE 2.6 · very close
  2. C Medium Brown Acrylic Paint 4306AP ΔE 4.1 · close

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Mig

  1. B Washable Rust Acrylics AMIG0109 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Red Brown Light Acrylics AMIG0914 ΔE 3.9 · close

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Vallejo

  1. B Dwarf Skin Xpress Color 72.402 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C Diesel Stains Weathering FX 73.816 ΔE 3.6 · close

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Turbo Dork

  1. B Life On Mars ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. D Red Queen ΔE 9.1 · similar

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Mr. Hobby

  1. B Red Brown (1) Aqueous Hobby Color H460 ΔE 3.1 · very close
  2. D Red Brown (2) Aqueous Hobby Color H463 ΔE 6.2 · similar

Shadow Flesh equivalent in AK Interactive

  1. B Brick Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11093 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. B Medium Rust Standard (3rd Gen) AK11103 ΔE 3.3 · very close

Shadow Flesh equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix 112 ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Red Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix 335 ΔE 4.1 · close

Shadow Flesh equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Wet Mud Warpaints WP1478 ΔE 3.6 · close
  2. C Fur Brown Warpaints Primer CP3016 ΔE 4.0 · close

Shadow Flesh in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
Warcolours #9E3724 Brown 2 Layer paints ΔE 4.1
Reaper #96381F Tarnished Copper Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 4.5
Apple Barrel #8E3821 Ripe Tomato Colors ΔE 4.6
Acrilex #A75143 Cerâmica Paints ΔE 4.9
Scale75 #925447 Rotbraun Primer Red Warfront Range ΔE 5.0
Monument #8D5345 Shadow Flesh Pro Acrylic Paints ΔE 5.2
Arteza #863625 Burnt Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.3
FolkArt #9D4A46 Fire Coral Acrylic Colors ΔE 5.6
P3 #A53331 Broken Brick Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 6.1
Mr. Paint #A82C20 Traffic Red RAL 3020 Mr Paint - Aqua Colors ΔE 6.3
Foundry #962B23 Bright Red Shade Paint System ΔE 6.3
Tom Color #843731 Marrone Mimetico 1 ΔE 6.6
Revell #9F2927 Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss ΔE 6.8
Duncan #91524D Ur Cloak Wave 1 ΔE 6.9
Humbrol #87533B Brown Acrylics - Matt ΔE 6.9
Coat d'Arms #B32E1F Vampire Red Fantasy Range ΔE 7.1
Green Stuff World #882A1E Primer Red Matt Surface ΔE 7.3
Kimera Kolors #A82135 The Red Pure Pigments ΔE 10.3

Nearest colours inside Creature

  1. E Burnt Orange Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 10.1 · far
  2. E Copper Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 10.2 · far
  3. E Burnt Red Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 10.3 · far
  4. E Orange Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 10.4 · far
  5. E Red Monument Pro Acryl Transparent ΔE 11.2 · far
  6. E Light Umber Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 11.9 · far

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