What is the difference between Light Skin and Bone White?

ΔE 11 (fair). Bone White is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Skin vs Bone White

Light Skin

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: ATOM
Code: ATOM-20042
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f2c6a2 (estimate)

Bone White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.034
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac7a8 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 10.8, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Bone White is more muted, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Bone White instead of Light Skin?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 11). Bone White is more muted, cooler than Light Skin.

Can I use Light Skin instead of Bone White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Skin 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 on the colour wheel See Bone White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Skin

Light Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Bone White
Light Skin vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Bone White
Light Skin vs Pale Flesh (72.003)Game Color · ΔE 11, fair · closer than Bone White

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Bone White

Bone White vs Old Bone (IONIC-0144)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Light Skin
Bone White vs Light Skin Tone (AMMO.F-548)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Skin
Bone White vs Light Skin (A.MIG-0625)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 7, close · closer than Light Skin

All matches: Light Skin equivalents · Bone White equivalents