What is the difference between Light Skin Tone and Silver Grey?

ΔE 8 (close). Silver Grey is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin Tone vs Silver Grey

Light Skin Tone

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-548
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d8bfa8 (estimate)

Silver Grey

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.883
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #cec5b7 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.2, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Silver Grey is more muted, cooler than Light Skin Tone.

Can I use Silver Grey instead of Light Skin Tone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Silver Grey is more muted, cooler than Light Skin Tone.

Can I use Light Skin Tone instead of Silver Grey?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Skin Tone is more saturated, 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 Light Skin Tone on the colour wheel See Silver Grey on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Skin Tone

Light Skin Tone vs Cream White (70.766)Model Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Silver Grey
Light Skin Tone vs Bone White (72.034)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Silver Grey
Light Skin Tone vs Pale Flesh (72.003)Game Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Silver Grey

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Silver Grey

Silver Grey vs Fang Grey (IONIC-0008)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Light Skin Tone
Silver Grey vs Deck Grey (IONIC-0007)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Light Skin Tone
Silver Grey vs Light Grey FS-35630 (AMMO.F-516)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 6, close · closer than Light Skin Tone

All matches: Light Skin Tone equivalents · Silver Grey equivalents