What is the difference between Vanilla and Highlight Skin?

ΔE 10 (close). Highlight Skin is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Vanilla vs Highlight Skin

Vanilla

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: IONIC Smart Colors
Code: IONIC-0012
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f7f3cd (estimate)

Highlight Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.008
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #faefdc (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Highlight Skin is more muted, warmer than Vanilla.

Can I use Highlight Skin instead of Vanilla?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Highlight Skin is more muted, warmer than Vanilla.

Can I use Vanilla instead of Highlight Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Vanilla is 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 Vanilla on the colour wheel See Highlight Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Vanilla

Vanilla vs Ice Yellow (70.858)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Highlight Skin
Vanilla vs Ivory (70.918)Model Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Highlight Skin
Vanilla vs Off-White (72.101)Game Color · ΔE 10, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Highlight Skin

Highlight Skin vs Light Flesh (A.MIG-3519)Oilbrusher · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Vanilla
Highlight Skin vs Ivory (IONIC-0002)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Vanilla
Highlight Skin vs Light Sand (A.MIG-0616)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Vanilla

All matches: Vanilla equivalents · Highlight Skin equivalents