Basic Skin Tone
Vallejo · Model Color · 70.815
#E9AD8D · L*75.5 a*17.9 b*25.0
The closest match to Vallejo Basic Skin Tone in every other range, nearest first.
Vallejo Basic Skin Tone is a light, moderately saturated red. Only one range matches it closely enough to swap without thinking: Reaper Ruby Red, ΔE 1.0. 19 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 Vallejo Basic Skin Tone?
Reaper Ruby Red is the closest equivalent to Vallejo Basic Skin Tone in any other range, at ΔE 1.0 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: P3 Midlund Flesh (ΔE 2.3) and The Army Painter Elven Flesh (ΔE 2.7).
What is the AK Interactive alternative to Vallejo Basic Skin Tone?
The nearest AK Interactive paint is Sickly Pink, ΔE 3.1 — a very close substitute. The full Vallejo to AK Interactive conversion chart lists the rest.
Shop Vallejo Basic Skin Tone Shop Reaper Ruby Red Shop Reaper Master Series Paints Core Colors set
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Reaper
- A Ruby Red Master Series Paints Core Colors 9101 ΔE 1.0 · indistinguishable
- C Coppery Orange Master Series Paints Core Colors 9102 ΔE 4.6 · close
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in P3
- B Midlund Flesh Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 2.3 · very close
- D Flesh Wash Privateer Press Formula P3 Wash ΔE 8.9 · similar
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in The Army Painter
- B Elven Flesh Warpaints Air ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Ruby Skin Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 4.2 · close
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Green Stuff World
- B Elven Flesh Acrylic Colors ΔE 2.9 · very close
- B Steampunk Copper Metallic Colors ΔE 3.5 · very close
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in AK Interactive
- B Sickly Pink Standard (3rd Gen) AK11060 ΔE 3.1 · very close
- D Salmon Standard (3rd Gen) AK11061 ΔE 5.3 · similar
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Coat d'Arms
- B Suntanned Flesh Military Range 214 ΔE 3.2 · very close
- C Dwarven Bronze Fantasy Range 143 ΔE 4.0 · close
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Revell
- C Flesh Email Color - Matt ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Africa Brown Email Color - Matt ΔE 9.9 · similar
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Foundry
- C Oriental Flesh Light Paint System 122C ΔE 3.8 · close
- D Expert Flesh Light Paint System 127D ΔE 5.5 · similar
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Acrilex
- C Areia Rosada Paints 929 ΔE 4.0 · close
- C Camurça Queimado Paints 818 ΔE 4.8 · close
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in FolkArt
- C Cameo Blush Acrylic Colors 4657 ΔE 4.1 · close
- D Summer Peach Acrylic Colors 2549 ΔE 6.6 · similar
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Scale75
- C Human Flesh Instant Colors Range ΔE 4.5 · close
- D Harvester Flesh Fantasy & Games Range ΔE 5.6 · similar
Basic Skin Tone equivalent in Creature
- D Tan Flesh Monument Pro Acryl MPA-024 ΔE 5.2 · similar
- D Pale Pink Monument Pro Acryl MPA-043 ΔE 9.1 · similar
Basic Skin Tone in the remaining ranges
These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.
| Range | Nearest paint | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mig | #CDA38B | RAL 8031 F9 Sand Brown Acrylics | ΔE 5.8 |
| Apple Barrel | #D0A583 | Peach Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints | ΔE 5.9 |
| Mr. Hobby | #F4A26A | Clear Pale Brown Mr Color Lascivus | ΔE 6.8 |
| Italeri | #F5BA86 | Skin Tone Tint Base - Light Acrylic Paint | ΔE 6.8 |
| Mr. Paint | #D79D6D | Tan FS20400 Mr Paint | ΔE 7.1 |
| Warcolours | #FFC69B | Flesh 3 Layer paints | ΔE 7.1 |
| Monument | #F79B7D | AdeptiCon Spray-Team Bright Shadow Flesh Pro Acrylic Primer | ΔE 7.2 |
| Citadel | #EDAE74 | Elf Flesh Foundation (discontinued) | ΔE 7.3 |
| Duncan | #D4A97D | Batle Axe Brass Wave 2 | ΔE 7.5 |
| Tamiya | #FDC086 | Flat flesh Spray | ΔE 8.7 |
| Tom Color | #C6AB96 | Carc Middlestone | ΔE 9.2 |
| Mission Models | #C19D79 | US Desert Tan Modern 2 FS 33446 | ΔE 9.6 |
| Humbrol | #EC8F54 | Flesh Acrylics - Matt | ΔE 10.0 |
| Turbo Dork | #E48558 | Two Cents | ΔE 11.0 |
| Arteza | #FACE9A | Naples Yellow Acrylic Premium Paints | ΔE 11.3 |
| Golden | #D38952 | Yellow Ochre OPEN Acrylics | ΔE 11.3 |
| Kimera Kolors | #C2835C | Caucasian Skintone Danilo Cartacci Signature Set | ΔE 12.4 |
| Liquitex | #D59646 | Naples Yellow Hue Heavy Body Acrylix | ΔE 13.7 |
Nearest colours inside Vallejo
- A Yellow Ochre Arte Deco ΔE 1.8 · near-perfect
- B Skin Tone Game Color ΔE 2.4 · very close
- B Fairy Flesh Nocturna Models ΔE 2.7 · very close
- C Pale Flesh Game Air ΔE 3.6 · close
- D Candy Orange Premium Airbrush Color ΔE 5.5 · similar
- D Fairy Skin Xpress Color ΔE 5.5 · similar
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