What is the difference between Urban Buff and Pale Skin?

ΔE 8 (close). Pale Skin is a little lighter, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Urban Buff vs Pale Skin

Urban Buff

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

Pale Skin

Brand: Scale75
Range: Scalecolor Artist
Code: Artist
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #f4c8bf (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.7, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Pale Skin is a little lighter, cooler than Urban Buff.

Can I use Pale Skin instead of Urban Buff?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Pale Skin is a little lighter, cooler than Urban Buff.

Can I use Urban Buff instead of Pale Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Urban Buff is a little darker, 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 Urban Buff on the colour wheel See Pale Skin on the colour wheel

Other Scale75 paints close to Urban Buff

Urban Buff vs Harvester Flesh (SFG15)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 7, close · closer than Pale Skin
Urban Buff vs Ishtar Pink (SFG07)Fantasy & Games · ΔE 10, close
Urban Buff vs Pale Skin (SC17)Scalecolor · ΔE 11, fair

Other Army Painter paints close to Pale Skin

Pale Skin vs Opal SkinWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Urban Buff
Pale Skin vs Kobold SkinWarpaints Legacy · ΔE 8, close
Pale Skin vs Ruby SkinWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, close

All matches: Urban Buff equivalents · Pale Skin equivalents