Flesh Wash
Reaper · Master Series Paints Core Colors Wash · 9253
#A44B45 · L*43.3 a*36.3 b*21.3
The closest match to Reaper Flesh Wash in every other range, nearest first.
Reaper Flesh Wash is a dark, saturated red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being FolkArt Fire Coral at ΔE 1.8. 18 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 Reaper Flesh Wash?
FolkArt Fire Coral is the closest equivalent to Reaper Flesh Wash in any other range, at ΔE 1.8 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Citadel Squig Orange (ΔE 1.9) and Turbo Dork Life On Mars (ΔE 2.7).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Reaper Flesh Wash?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Thick Blood, ΔE 3.7 — a close substitute. The full Reaper to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Reaper Flesh Wash Shop FolkArt Fire Coral (Acrylic Colors) Shop FolkArt Acrylic Colors set
Flesh Wash equivalent in FolkArt
- A Fire Coral Acrylic Colors 6452 ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- D Lipstick Red Acrylic Colors 437 ΔE 6.2 · similar
Flesh Wash equivalent in Citadel
- A Squig Orange Layer ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
- B Guilliman Flesh Contrast ΔE 3.3 · very close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Turbo Dork
- B Life On Mars ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Red Queen ΔE 3.9 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Acrilex
- B Cerâmica Paints 506 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- C Púrpura Paints 550 ΔE 4.3 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Vallejo
- C Thick Blood Game Color Special FX 72.602 ΔE 3.7 · close
- C Red Model Air 71.269 ΔE 4.3 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Duncan
- C Scarab Red Wave 3 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Ur Cloak Wave 1 ΔE 5.0 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Golden
- C Alizarin Crimson Hue OPEN Acrylics 7450 ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Alizarin Crimson Hue Heavy Body 1450 ΔE 4.2 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in Mission Models
- C Dark Rust 1 MMW-001 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Standard Rust MMW-005 ΔE 7.3 · similar
Flesh Wash equivalent in The Army Painter
- C Wet Mud Warpaints WP1478 ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Goddess Glow Speedpaint Set 2.0 ΔE 4.3 · close
Flesh Wash equivalent in P3
- C Ruddy Blush Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Broken Brick Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.5 · similar
Flesh Wash equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- C Russet Red Military Range 237 ΔE 4.6 · close
- D Super Wash Red Fantasy Range 171 ΔE 6.4 · similar
Flesh Wash equivalent in AK Interactive
- C Shadow Flesh Figures (3rd Gen) AK11404 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Bordeaux Red Standard (3rd Gen) AK11094 ΔE 5.2 · similar
Flesh Wash in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mig | #9E5340 | Red Brown Light Acrylics | ΔE 5.1 |
| Foundry | #955553 | South American Flesh Shade Paint System | ΔE 5.3 |
| Scale75 | #925447 | Rotbraun Primer Red Warfront Range | ΔE 5.4 |
| Creature | #974634 | Shadow Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.4 |
| Italeri | #933E31 | Leather Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.8 |
| Liquitex | #A13B2C | Quinacridone Red Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.9 |
| Mr. Paint | #AA6057 | Red-brown Clear Mr Paint | ΔE 6.3 |
| Revell | #894E4A | Rust Email Color - Matt | ΔE 6.4 |
| Monument | #8D5345 | Shadow Flesh Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.5 |
| Apple Barrel | #A73847 | Honeysuckle Pink Colors | ΔE 6.5 |
| Arteza | #99322D | Pearl Strawberry Red Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Tamiya | #99472F | Flat earth Lacquer Paint | ΔE 7.0 |
| Mr. Hobby | #A82C29 | Carmine Red Aqueous Hobby Color | ΔE 7.0 |
| Green Stuff World | #A85D46 | Swamp Brown Intensity Ink | ΔE 7.6 |
| Warcolours | #9E3724 | Brown 2 Layer paints | ΔE 7.7 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A82135 | The Red Pure Pigments | ΔE 8.3 |
| Humbrol | #B21F25 | Insignia Red Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.3 |
| Tom Color | #843731 | Marrone Mimetico 1 | ΔE 8.4 |
Nearest colours inside Reaper
- B Rust Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 3.3 · very close
- D Deep Red Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Merisiel Red Master Series Paints Pathfinder ΔE 8.1 · similar
- D Chestnut Brown Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 8.3 · similar
- D Blood Red Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 8.9 · similar
- D Oiled Leather Master Series Paints Core Colors ΔE 9.2 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot