What is the difference between Karak Stone and Barbarian Skin?

ΔE 10 (close). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Karak Stone vs Barbarian Skin

Karak Stone

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b89a5a (estimate)

Barbarian Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.071
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c09566 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.8, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Karak Stone.

Can I use Barbarian Skin instead of Karak Stone?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Karak Stone.

Can I use Karak Stone instead of Barbarian Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Karak Stone 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 Karak Stone on the colour wheel See Barbarian Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Karak Stone

Karak Stone vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Karak Stone vs UK Light Stone (71.143)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Karak Stone vs Iraqi Sand (70.819)Model Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Barbarian Skin

Other Citadel paints close to Barbarian Skin

Barbarian Skin vs Bestigor FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Karak Stone
Barbarian Skin vs Baneblade BrownColour: Layer · ΔE 7, close · closer than Karak Stone
Barbarian Skin vs Baneblade BrownColour: Air · ΔE 7, close · closer than Karak Stone

All matches: Karak Stone equivalents · Barbarian Skin equivalents