Skin
AK Interactive · Ink (3rd Gen) · AK11221
#943718 · L*36.2 a*37.6 b*38.1
The closest match to AK Interactive Skin in every other range, nearest first.
AK Interactive Skin is a dark, saturated red. 2 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Citadel Gryph-Hound Orange at ΔE 1.7. 17 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 AK Interactive Skin?
Citadel Gryph-Hound Orange is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Skin in any other range, at ΔE 1.7 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Reaper Tarnished Copper (ΔE 1.7) and Apple Barrel Ripe Tomato (ΔE 2.5).
What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Skin?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Grunge Brown, ΔE 4.8 — a close substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop AK Interactive Skin Shop Citadel Gryph-Hound Orange Shop Citadel Contrast set
Skin equivalent in Citadel
- A Gryph-Hound Orange Contrast ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Gryphonne Sepia Wash Foundation Wash (discontinued) ΔE 4.7 · close
Skin equivalent in Reaper
- A Tarnished Copper Master Series Paints Core Colors 9305 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
- C Cinnamon Red Master Series Paints Bones 9404 ΔE 3.7 · close
Skin equivalent in Apple Barrel
- B Ripe Tomato Colors 21470 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- C Sweet Potato Colors 21381 ΔE 4.7 · close
Skin equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Fur Brown Warpaints Primer CP3016 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- C Fur Brown Warpaints WP1122 ΔE 3.6 · close
Skin equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Marking Red Mr Paint MRP-123 ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Dark Orange F-16 Mr Paint MRP-206 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Skin equivalent in Golden
- B Mars Yellow Heavy Body 1202 ΔE 3.3 · very close
- C Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold Fluid 2301 ΔE 3.6 · close
Skin equivalent in Mig
- B Dark Rust Acrylics AMIG0041 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C RAL 8012 Rotbraun Acrylics AMIG0014 ΔE 4.0 · close
Skin equivalent in Warcolours
- C Brown 2 Layer paints ΔE 4.0 · close
- D Metallic Copper Metallic paints ΔE 5.7 · similar
Skin equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C Red Brown (1) Aqueous Hobby Color H460 ΔE 4.2 · close
- D Purple Red Aqueous Hobby Color H466 ΔE 7.2 · similar
Skin equivalent in Monument
- C Transparent Orange Pro Acrylic Paints 050 ΔE 4.4 · close
- D Burnt Orange Pro Acrylic Paints 037 ΔE 6.0 · similar
Skin equivalent in Tamiya
- C Flat earth Lacquer Paint LP-74 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Metallic brown Acrylics Mini Gloss X-34 ΔE 5.6 · similar
Skin equivalent in Vallejo
- C Grunge Brown Game Color 72.115 ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Light Rust Panzer Aces 70.301 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Skin in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arteza | #863625 | Burnt Sienna Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 5.0 |
| Foundry | #8E2313 | Madder Red Paint System | ΔE 5.1 |
| FolkArt | #974A27 | Pueblo Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.2 |
| P3 | #9E4923 | Bloodstone Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 5.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #802709 | Brown Skin Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.3 |
| Liquitex | #86422D | Red Oxide Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 5.3 |
| Scale75 | #803C15 | Inktense Chesnut Inktensity Range | ΔE 5.7 |
| Creature | #861E05 | Burnt Orange Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.8 |
| Italeri | #933E31 | Leather Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.1 |
| Mission Models | #993128 | Standard Rust | ΔE 6.3 |
| Coat d'Arms | #B32E1F | Vampire Red Fantasy Range | ΔE 7.0 |
| Tom Color | #950602 | Vermelho Cabelo do Curupira | ΔE 7.1 |
| Duncan | #961714 | Sanguine Scarlet Wave 1 | ΔE 7.1 |
| Revell | #9F2927 | Fiery Red Email Color - Gloss | ΔE 7.9 |
| Humbrol | #BA1816 | Scarlet Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 8.5 |
| Turbo Dork | #9E4C3F | Life On Mars | ΔE 8.7 |
| Acrilex | #A75143 | Cerâmica Paints | ΔE 10.0 |
| Kimera Kolors | #9A5622 | Mars Orange Expansion Set 1 | ΔE 10.9 |
Nearest colours inside AK Interactive
- C Red Brown / Red Brown Leather -19- Figures ΔE 3.9 · close
- C Brick Red Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 4.1 · close
- C Emblem Red -30- Figures ΔE 4.8 · close
- D Matt Red AFV ΔE 5.4 · similar
- D Medium Rust Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 5.6 · similar
- D Bordeaux Red Standard (3rd Gen) ΔE 6.5 · similar
Choosing between these: how to pick a substitute that survives the model · what a colour value cannot tell you about a pot