What is the difference between Warm Skin Tone and Tan Earth?

ΔE 8 (close). Tan Earth is a little darker. Swatch colours are estimates.

Warm Skin Tone vs Tan Earth

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)

Tan Earth

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Air
Code: 71.079
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #9a7464 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Tan Earth is a little darker than Warm Skin Tone.

Can I use Tan Earth instead of Warm Skin Tone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Tan Earth is a little darker than Warm Skin Tone.

Can I use Warm Skin Tone instead of Tan Earth?

The same difference applies the other way round: Warm Skin Tone is a little lighter.

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 Tan Earth on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Warm Skin Tone

Warm Skin Tone vs Camoufl age Brown (71.117)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tan Earth
Warm Skin Tone vs US Desert Sand (71.140)Model Air · ΔE 9, close
Warm Skin Tone vs Forest Skin (74.013)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 10, fair

Other AMMO by Mig paints close to Tan Earth

Tan Earth vs Earth (A.MIG-0619)Dio Drybrush · ΔE 8, close
Tan Earth vs Light Brown (AMMO.F-531)Acrylic Colors for Figures · ΔE 12, fair
Tan Earth vs Zimmerit (ATOM-20144)ATOM · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Warm Skin Tone equivalents · Tan Earth equivalents