What is the difference between Basic Skin Tone and Deepkin Flesh?

ΔE 8 (close). Deepkin Flesh is warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Basic Skin Tone vs Deepkin Flesh

Basic Skin Tone

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-549
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d9ada0 (estimate)

Deepkin Flesh

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d8b8a0 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Deepkin Flesh is warmer than Basic Skin Tone.

Can I use Deepkin Flesh instead of Basic Skin Tone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Deepkin Flesh is warmer than Basic Skin Tone.

Can I use Basic Skin Tone instead of Deepkin Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Basic Skin Tone 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 Basic Skin Tone on the colour wheel See Deepkin Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Citadel paints close to Basic Skin Tone

Basic Skin Tone vs Flayed One FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 11, fair
Basic Skin Tone vs Eldar FleshColour: Dry · ΔE 11, fair
Basic Skin Tone vs Ionrach SkinColour: Base · ΔE 11, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Deepkin Flesh

Deepkin Flesh vs Light Skin Tone (AMMO.F-548)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Basic Skin Tone
Deepkin Flesh vs Old Bone (IONIC-0144)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, close · closer than Basic Skin Tone
Deepkin Flesh vs Light Skin (ATOM-20042)ATOM · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Basic Skin Tone equivalents · Deepkin Flesh equivalents