What is the difference between Light Skin and Cream White?

ΔE 9 (close). Cream White is a little darker, more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin vs Cream White

Light Skin

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Dio Drybrush
Code: A.MIG-0625
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eedbbc (estimate)

Cream White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.766
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac8b5 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Cream White is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Light Skin.

Can I use Cream White instead of Light Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Cream White is a little darker, more muted, warmer than Light Skin.

Can I use Light Skin instead of Cream White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Skin is a little lighter, more saturated, 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 Light Skin on the colour wheel See Cream White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Skin

Light Skin vs Elfic Flesh (72.098)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Cream White
Light Skin vs Pale Flesh (72.003)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Cream White
Light Skin vs Ivory (70.918)Model Color · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Cream White

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Cream White

Cream White vs Light Skin Tone (AMMO.F-548)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Skin
Cream White vs Fang Grey (IONIC-0008)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Skin
Cream White vs Old Bone (IONIC-0144)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Skin

All matches: Light Skin equivalents · Cream White equivalents