What is the difference between Dorado Skin and Bone White?

ΔE 10 (close). Bone White is more muted, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Dorado Skin vs Bone White

Dorado Skin

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Fanatic
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #eeca9f (estimate)

Bone White

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.034
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac7a8 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Bone White is more muted, cooler than Dorado Skin.

Can I use Bone White instead of Dorado Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Bone White is more muted, cooler than Dorado Skin.

Can I use Dorado Skin instead of Bone White?

The same difference applies the other way round: Dorado Skin is more saturated, 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 Dorado Skin on the colour wheel See Bone White on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Dorado Skin

Dorado Skin vs Skin Tone (72.099)Game Color · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Bone White
Dorado Skin vs Light Flesh (70.928)Model Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Bone White
Dorado Skin vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 8, close · closer than Bone White

Other Army Painter paints close to Bone White

Bone White vs Ancient StoneWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Dorado Skin
Bone White vs Skeleton BoneWarpaints Air · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Dorado Skin
Bone White vs Skeleton BoneWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 6, close · closer than Dorado Skin

All matches: Dorado Skin equivalents · Bone White equivalents