What is the difference between Bleached Bone and Highlight Skin?

ΔE 6 (close). Highlight Skin is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Bleached Bone vs Highlight Skin

Bleached Bone

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Air
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e8e0c8 (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 6.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Highlight Skin is a little lighter, warmer than Bleached Bone.

Can I use Highlight Skin instead of Bleached Bone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 6). Highlight Skin is a little lighter, warmer than Bleached Bone.

Can I use Bleached Bone instead of Highlight Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Bleached Bone is a little darker, 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 Bleached Bone on the colour wheel See Highlight Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Bleached Bone

Bleached Bone vs Ivory (70.918)Model Color · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Highlight Skin
Bleached Bone vs Off-White (72.101)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Highlight Skin
Bleached Bone vs Elfic Flesh (72.098)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Highlight Skin

Other Army Painter paints close to Highlight Skin

Highlight Skin vs Pale SandWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Bleached Bone
Highlight Skin vs Hobgoblin HueWarpaints Air · ΔE 7, close
Highlight Skin vs Pearl SkinWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 7, close

All matches: Bleached Bone equivalents · Highlight Skin equivalents