What is the difference between Sickly Pink and Skin Tone?

ΔE 13 (fair). Skin Tone is more saturated, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sickly Pink vs Skin Tone

Sickly Pink

Brand: AK Interactive
Range: 3rd Gen Standard
Code: AK11060
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f9ac8d (estimate)

Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.076
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f7b47b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 13.1, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Skin Tone is more saturated, warmer than Sickly Pink.

Can I use Skin Tone instead of Sickly Pink?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Skin Tone is more saturated, warmer than Sickly Pink.

Can I use Sickly Pink instead of Skin Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sickly Pink is more muted, 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 Sickly Pink on the colour wheel See Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sickly Pink

Sickly Pink vs Rosy Flesh (72.100)Game Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Skin Tone
Sickly Pink vs Basic Skin Tone (70.815)Model Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Skin Tone
Sickly Pink vs Athena Skin (72.107)Game Color · ΔE 14, fair

Other AK Interactive paints close to Skin Tone

Skin Tone vs Luminous Flesh (AK11051)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 9, close · closer than Sickly Pink
Skin Tone vs RLM 79 (1941) (AK11832)3rd Gen Air Series · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Sickly Pink
Skin Tone vs Ocher Orange (AK11099)3rd Gen Standard · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Sickly Pink

All matches: Sickly Pink equivalents · Skin Tone equivalents