What is the difference between Light Khaki Drill and Skin Tone?

ΔE 7 (close). Skin Tone is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Light Khaki Drill vs Skin Tone

Light Khaki Drill

Brand: Army Painter
Range: Warpaints Historical
Code: WP4136P
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #dac595 (estimate)

Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.099
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #edca9e (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 6.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Skin Tone is a little lighter, warmer than Light Khaki Drill.

Can I use Skin Tone instead of Light Khaki Drill?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Skin Tone is a little lighter, warmer than Light Khaki Drill.

Can I use Light Khaki Drill instead of Skin Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Light Khaki Drill 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 Light Khaki Drill on the colour wheel See Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Light Khaki Drill

Light Khaki Drill vs Aged White (71.132)Model Air · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Skin Tone
Light Khaki Drill vs Desert Tan (70.613)Model Air · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Skin Tone
Light Khaki Drill vs Off-White (71.270)Model Air · ΔE 8, close

Other Army Painter paints close to Skin Tone

Skin Tone vs Dorado SkinWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Light Khaki Drill
Skin Tone vs Corpse PaleWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 1, very close · closer than Light Khaki Drill
Skin Tone vs Senshi Skin (WP4162P)Warpaints Historical · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Light Khaki Drill

All matches: Light Khaki Drill equivalents · Skin Tone equivalents