What is the difference between Middle Stone and Barbarian Skin?

ΔE 7 (close). Barbarian Skin is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Middle Stone vs Barbarian Skin

Middle Stone

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11124
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b39761 (estimate)

Barbarian Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.071
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c09566 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Barbarian Skin is warmer than Middle Stone.

Can I use Barbarian Skin instead of Middle Stone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Barbarian Skin is warmer than Middle Stone.

Can I use Middle Stone instead of Barbarian Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Middle Stone is cooler.

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 Middle Stone on the colour wheel See Barbarian Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Middle Stone

Middle Stone vs UK Light Stone (71.143)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Middle Stone vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 7, close
Middle Stone vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 8, close

Other AK Interactive paints close to Barbarian Skin

Barbarian Skin vs French Army Desert Sand (AK11363)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Middle Stone
Barbarian Skin vs RAL 1039 F9 Sandbeige (AK11325)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Middle Stone
Barbarian Skin vs CARC Tan 686A (FS33446) (AK11349)3rd Gen AFV Series · ΔE 7, close · closer than Middle Stone

All matches: Middle Stone equivalents · Barbarian Skin equivalents