What is the difference between Skrag Brown and Brown Skin?

ΔE 17 (loose). Brown Skin is noticeably darker, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Skrag Brown vs Brown Skin

Skrag Brown

Brand: Citadel / Warhammer
Range: Colour: Layer
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #a8501a (estimate)

Brown Skin

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 3219
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #822707 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 16.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Brown Skin is noticeably darker, cooler than Skrag Brown.

Can I use Brown Skin instead of Skrag Brown?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 17). Brown Skin is noticeably darker, cooler than Skrag Brown.

Can I use Skrag Brown instead of Brown Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Skrag Brown is noticeably lighter, 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 Skrag Brown on the colour wheel See Brown Skin on the colour wheel

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Skrag Brown

Skrag Brown vs Leather Brown (1829)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Brown Skin
Skrag Brown vs Quicksand Brown (1834)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 9, close · closer than Brown Skin
Skrag Brown vs Yellow-Brown Ops (1858)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Brown Skin

Other Citadel paints close to Brown Skin

Brown Skin vs Knight-Questor FleshColour: Layer · ΔE 14, fair · closer than Skrag Brown
Brown Skin vs Mephiston RedColour: Base · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Skrag Brown
Brown Skin vs Mephiston RedColour: Air · ΔE 15, loose · closer than Skrag Brown

All matches: Skrag Brown equivalents · Brown Skin equivalents