What is the difference between Ashroot and Burnt Skin?

ΔE 9 (close). Burnt Skin is a little darker, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Ashroot vs Burnt Skin

Ashroot

Brand: Army Painter
Range: John Blanche Vol. 1-4
Code: Vol. 3
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #5c433f (estimate)

Burnt Skin

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #45302a (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Burnt Skin is a little darker, warmer than Ashroot.

Can I use Burnt Skin instead of Ashroot?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Burnt Skin is a little darker, warmer than Ashroot.

Can I use Ashroot instead of Burnt Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Ashroot is a little lighter, 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 Ashroot on the colour wheel See Burnt Skin on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Ashroot

Ashroot vs African Shadow (SC24)Scalecolor · ΔE 6, close · closer than Burnt Skin
Ashroot vs Wood (Artist)Scalecolor Artist · ΔE 8, close · closer than Burnt Skin
Ashroot vs Arbuckles Brown (SFG34)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 10, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Burnt Skin

Burnt Skin vs Bootstrap BrownWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ashroot
Burnt Skin vs Werewolf FurWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Ashroot
Burnt Skin vs Boot Brown (WP4025P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Ashroot

All matches: Ashroot equivalents · Burnt Skin equivalents