Flat Flesh is a light vivid orange with a warm undertone. For modelling, drop to Dark Flesh in the recesses and step up to Yellow Ochre on the edges, both Vallejo paints. This color is somewhat distinctive: 2 brands offer a strong same-finish match, Two Thin Coats Satyr Brown closest at 90 percent. A cross-brand swap will get you most of the way, but eyeball it against the original first.
Flat Flesh equivalents in other ranges
2 of the 10 brands with a mapped match get genuinely close to Vallejo Flat Flesh, though none is a clone. Brand by brand, the nearest colors are:
- Closest Two Thin Coats equivalent: Two Thin Coats Satyr Brown, a near match with visible drift up close (delta E 2.0).
- From AK Interactive: AK Interactive Rlm 79 (1941), close, with a hint of drift side by side (delta E 2.4).
- Scale75's closest color: Scale75 Starving Brown, workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 4.4).
- Nearest in the Humbrol catalog: Humbrol Brown Yellow, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 4.6).
- Best Revell option: Revell Ochre brown/Ocker (RAL 1011), workable at tabletop distance, not up close (delta E 5.3).
- From Citadel: Citadel Bestigor Flesh, a usable stand-in rather than a twin (delta E 5.4).
The honest caveat: Two Thin Coats Satyr Brown dries slightly cooler than Flat Flesh, so expect recess shading and edge highlights to shift with it.
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90+Close
80sUsable
<70Mix
Two Thin Coats
AK Interactive
Scale75
Humbrol
Revell
Citadel
Monument Pro Acryl
The Army Painter
Green Stuff World
Tamiya
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What is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Flat Flesh?
The closest same-finish match is Two Thin Coats Satyr Brown at 90% color similarity.
What color is Flat Flesh?
Flat Flesh is a light vivid orange with a warm undertone (hex #DF9A59).
What do I highlight and shade Flat Flesh with?
Highlight Flat Flesh toward Yellow Ochre and shade it down into Dark Flesh, both Vallejo paints in the same finish family.