What is the difference between Highlight Flesh and Skin Tone?

ΔE 6 (close). Skin Tone is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Highlight Flesh vs Skin Tone

Highlight Flesh

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Figure Series
Code: AK11403
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #fdcb9e (estimate)

Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.099
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #edca9e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Skin Tone is more muted, cooler than Highlight Flesh.

Can I use Skin Tone instead of Highlight Flesh?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Skin Tone is more muted, cooler than Highlight Flesh.

Can I use Highlight Flesh instead of Skin Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Highlight Flesh is more saturated, warmer.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Highlight Flesh on the colour wheel See Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Highlight Flesh

Highlight Flesh vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 7, close
Highlight Flesh vs Natural Flesh (74.006)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 12, fair
Highlight Flesh vs Skin Tone (71.076)Model Air · ΔE 13, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Skin Tone

Skin Tone vs Radome Tan FS 33613 (AK11870)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Highlight Flesh
Skin Tone vs Basic Skin Tone (AK11052)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Highlight Flesh
Skin Tone vs Grimy Grey (AK11008)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Highlight Flesh equivalents · Skin Tone equivalents