What is the difference between Dark Skin and Flat Brown?

ΔE 8 (close). Flat Brown is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dark Skin vs Flat Brown

Dark Skin

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0158
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5b3427 (estimate)

Flat Brown

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.984
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #643b3a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.4, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Flat Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Dark Skin.

Can I use Flat Brown instead of Dark Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Flat Brown is a little lighter, cooler than Dark Skin.

Can I use Dark Skin instead of Flat Brown?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dark Skin is a little darker, 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 Dark Skin on the colour wheel See Flat Brown on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dark Skin

Dark Skin vs Charred Brown (72.045)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Flat Brown
Dark Skin vs Flat Earth (70.983)Model Color · ΔE 6, close · closer than Flat Brown
Dark Skin vs German Red Brown (71.271)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Flat Brown

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Flat Brown

Flat Brown vs Coffee Brown (ATOM-20060)ATOM · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Dark Skin
Flat Brown vs Red Brown (AMMO.F-532)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 7, close · closer than Dark Skin
Flat Brown vs Schokobraun RAL 8017 (ATOM-20062)ATOM · ΔE 9, close

All matches: Dark Skin equivalents · Flat Brown equivalents