What is the difference between Sigvald Burgundy and Tanned Skin?

ΔE 24 (loose). Tanned Skin is much more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Sigvald Burgundy vs Tanned Skin

Sigvald Burgundy

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Contrast
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #7a1a3a (estimate)

Tanned Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Xpress Color
Code: 72.471
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #5e302b (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 23.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Tanned Skin is much more muted, warmer than Sigvald Burgundy.

Can I use Tanned Skin instead of Sigvald Burgundy?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 24). Tanned Skin is much more muted, warmer than Sigvald Burgundy.

Can I use Sigvald Burgundy instead of Tanned Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Sigvald Burgundy is much 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 Sigvald Burgundy on the colour wheel See Tanned Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Sigvald Burgundy

Sigvald Burgundy vs Velvet Red (72.407)Xpress Color · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Tanned Skin
Sigvald Burgundy vs Deep Purple (72.409)Xpress Color · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Tanned Skin
Sigvald Burgundy vs Seraph Red (72.479)Xpress Color · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Tanned Skin

Other Citadel paints close to Tanned Skin

Tanned Skin vs Cygor BrownColour: Contrast · ΔE 8, close · closer than Sigvald Burgundy
Tanned Skin vs WyldwoodColour: Contrast · ΔE 10, close · closer than Sigvald Burgundy
Tanned Skin vs Darkoath FleshColour: Contrast · ΔE 28, loose

All matches: Sigvald Burgundy equivalents · Tanned Skin equivalents