Medium Skin Tone
Tom Color · s · TC-0307
#C9AD86 · L*72.2 a*4.5 b*23.8
The closest match to Tom Color Medium Skin Tone in every other range, nearest first.
Tom Color Medium Skin Tone is a light, moderately saturated orange. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: AK Interactive Russian Greyish Yellow, ΔE 1.5. 15 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
What is the closest equivalent to Tom Color Medium Skin Tone?
AK Interactive Russian Greyish Yellow is the closest equivalent to Tom Color Medium Skin Tone in any other range, at ΔE 1.5 — a near-perfect substitute. Next nearest: Mig Fs 33446 US Modern Vehicles (ΔE 2.1) and Mission Models Gelbbraun RAL 8020 (ΔE 2.2).
What is the Vallejo alternative to Tom Color Medium Skin Tone?
The nearest Vallejo paint is Bag of Bones, ΔE 3.4 — a very close substitute. The full Tom Color to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Tom Color Medium Skin Tone Shop AK Interactive Russian Greyish Yellow Shop AK Interactive Real Colors - AFV set
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in AK Interactive
- A Russian Greyish Yellow Real Colors - AFV RC099 ΔE 1.5 · near-perfect
- B Pale Sand Real Colors - Modern RC018 ΔE 2.9 · very close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Mig
- B Fs 33446 US Modern Vehicles Acrylics AMIG0025 ΔE 2.1 · very close
- B Old Wood Acrylics AMIG0036 ΔE 3.1 · very close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Mission Models
- B Gelbbraun RAL 8020 MMP-010 ΔE 2.2 · very close
- D US Desert Tan Modern 2 FS 33446 MMP-038 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Revell
- B Gold Email Color - Metallic ΔE 2.3 · very close
- B Beige Email Color - Silk ΔE 2.6 · very close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Scale75
- B Mid Ground / Earth Soil Works ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Basic Flesh Scale Color Range ΔE 3.1 · very close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Duncan
- B Pale Skin Wave 3 ΔE 2.5 · very close
- B Flesh Wash Wave 1 ΔE 2.7 · very close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Mr. Paint
- B Sand FS 33531 Mr Paint MRP-226 ΔE 2.7 · very close
- B Bsc No.64 Mr Paint MRP-338 ΔE 3.5 · very close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Reaper
- B Golden Skin Master Series Paints Core Colors 9092 ΔE 2.8 · very close
- D Desert Sand Master Series Paints Bones 9432 ΔE 5.0 · similar
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Tamiya
- B Buff Lacquer Paint LP-75 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- B Light sand Lacquer Paint LP-30 ΔE 3.2 · very close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Vallejo
- B Bag of Bones Xpress Color 72.450 ΔE 3.4 · very close
- C Ivory Model Air 71.075 ΔE 3.8 · close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Foundry
- C American Tan Paint System 92B ΔE 3.8 · close
- C Drab Light Paint System 12C ΔE 4.4 · close
Medium Skin Tone equivalent in Mr. Hobby
- C IDF Grau 1 (-1981 Shinai) Mr Color 528 ΔE 3.9 · close
- D Super Gold 2 Mr Color Super Metallic 2 SM202 ΔE 6.7 · similar
Medium Skin Tone in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Barrel | #C9A889 | Sunkissed Peach Colors | ΔE 4.0 |
| FolkArt | #C6A78A | Linen Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics | ΔE 4.2 |
| The Army Painter | #C2B293 | Skeleton Bone Warpaints Fanatic | ΔE 4.6 |
| Citadel | #C0A973 | Morghast Bone Base | ΔE 5.2 |
| Humbrol | #B7A889 | Desert Tan Aerosol Sprays | ΔE 5.3 |
| Green Stuff World | #E1C095 | Parchment Acrylic Colors | ΔE 5.4 |
| Italeri | #B99E6C | Sand Acrylic Paint | ΔE 5.6 |
| Coat d'Arms | #CAA07A | Brass Fantasy Range | ΔE 5.7 |
| Creature | #DBAE88 | Tan Flesh Monument Pro Acryl | ΔE 5.9 |
| Acrilex | #DEB28F | Camurça Queimado Paints | ΔE 6.5 |
| P3 | #C7B378 | Icy Yellow Privateer Press Formula P3 | ΔE 6.6 |
| Monument | #BC9866 | Bright Gold Pro Acrylic Paints | ΔE 6.7 |
| Golden | #DFC07B | Naples Yellow Hue Fluid | ΔE 8.4 |
| Kimera Kolors | #A99E85 | Cloudy Sky Michal Pisarski Signature Set | ΔE 8.6 |
| Arteza | #E4B463 | Gold Acrylic Pearl Paints | ΔE 9.5 |
| Warcolours | #AAA295 | Warm Grey 2 Layer paints | ΔE 10.7 |
| Turbo Dork | #F4BC64 | Gold Rush | ΔE 11.7 |
| Liquitex | #D59646 | Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 11.8 |
Nearest colours inside Tom Color
- B Deck Tan ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C US Desert Sand ΔE 4.7 · close
- D Carc Tan ΔE 5.9 · similar
- D FS 30279 ΔE 6.2 · similar
- D Carc Middlestone ΔE 6.4 · similar
- D U.s. Modern Vehicles Tan ΔE 7.2 · similar
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