What is the difference between Warm Skin Tone and Buffed Hide?

ΔE 10 (close). Buffed Hide is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Warm Skin Tone vs Buffed Hide

Warm Skin Tone

Brand: AMMO by Mig
Range: Acrylic Colors for Figures
Code: AMMO.F-550
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b0856f (estimate)

Buffed Hide

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b77867 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Buffed Hide is more saturated, cooler than Warm Skin Tone.

Can I use Buffed Hide instead of Warm Skin Tone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Buffed Hide is more saturated, cooler than Warm Skin Tone.

Can I use Warm Skin Tone instead of Buffed Hide?

The same difference applies the other way round: Warm Skin Tone is more muted, 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 Warm Skin Tone on the colour wheel See Buffed Hide on the colour wheel

Other Army Painter paints close to Warm Skin Tone

Warm Skin Tone vs Gnome CheeksWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Buffed Hide
Warm Skin Tone vs Paratrooper TanWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 7, close · closer than Buffed Hide
Warm Skin Tone vs Paratrooper Tan (WP4027P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 7, close · closer than Buffed Hide

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Buffed Hide

Buffed Hide vs Tanned Flesh (IONIC-0034)IONIC Smart Colors · ΔE 7, close · closer than Warm Skin Tone
Buffed Hide vs Warm Skin (ATOM-20043)ATOM · ΔE 8, close · closer than Warm Skin Tone
Buffed Hide vs Uniform Sand Yellow FS-32555 (AMMO.F-510)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 11, fair

All matches: Warm Skin Tone equivalents · Buffed Hide equivalents