What is the difference between Buffed Hide and Tanned Skin?

ΔE 9 (close). Tanned Skin is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Buffed Hide vs Tanned Skin

Buffed Hide

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

Tanned Skin

Brand: Reaper
Range: Master Series Paints
Code: 09044
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a57b69 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.5, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Tanned Skin is more muted, warmer than Buffed Hide.

Can I use Tanned Skin instead of Buffed Hide?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 9). Tanned Skin is more muted, warmer than Buffed Hide.

Can I use Buffed Hide instead of Tanned Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Buffed Hide 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 Buffed Hide on the colour wheel See Tanned Skin on the colour wheel

Other Reaper paints close to Buffed Hide

Buffed Hide vs Rosy Shadow (09067)Master Series Paints · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tanned Skin
Buffed Hide vs Tanned Highlight (09045)Master Series Paints · ΔE 12, fair
Buffed Hide vs Fired Clay (09171)Master Series Paints · ΔE 13, fair

Other Army Painter paints close to Tanned Skin

Tanned Skin vs Paratrooper TanWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Buffed Hide
Tanned Skin vs Paratrooper Tan (WP4027P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Buffed Hide
Tanned Skin vs Monster BrownWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Buffed Hide

All matches: Buffed Hide equivalents · Tanned Skin equivalents