What is the difference between Count of Tuscany and Basic Skin Tone?

ΔE 8 (close). Basic Skin Tone is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Count of Tuscany vs Basic Skin Tone

Count of Tuscany

Brand: Bear Cavalry
Range: Bear Cavalry Paints
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ec917d (estimate)

Basic Skin Tone

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Model Color
Code: 70.815
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e59a7c (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.9, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Basic Skin Tone is more muted, warmer than Count of Tuscany.

Can I use Basic Skin Tone instead of Count of Tuscany?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Basic Skin Tone is more muted, warmer than Count of Tuscany.

Can I use Count of Tuscany instead of Basic Skin Tone?

The same difference applies the other way round: Count of Tuscany 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 Count of Tuscany on the colour wheel See Basic Skin Tone on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Count of Tuscany

Count of Tuscany vs Athena Skin (72.107)Game Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Basic Skin Tone
Count of Tuscany vs Reddish Flesh (74.003)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 7, close · closer than Basic Skin Tone
Count of Tuscany vs Salmon Rose (70.835)Model Color · ΔE 9, close

Other Bear Cavalry paints close to Basic Skin Tone

Basic Skin Tone vs Sunburned SkinBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 10, close
Basic Skin Tone vs Terracotta PieBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 11, fair
Basic Skin Tone vs Seven Pillars of WisdomBear Cavalry Paints · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Count of Tuscany equivalents · Basic Skin Tone equivalents