What is the difference between Burgundy and Tanned Skin?

ΔE 12 (fair). Tanned Skin is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Burgundy vs Tanned Skin

Burgundy

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4237
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #502733 (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 12.4, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Tanned Skin is a little lighter, warmer than Burgundy.

Can I use Tanned Skin instead of Burgundy?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 12). Tanned Skin is a little lighter, warmer than Burgundy.

Can I use Burgundy instead of Tanned Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Burgundy is a little darker, 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 Burgundy on the colour wheel See Tanned Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Burgundy

Burgundy vs Deep Purple (72.409)Xpress Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Tanned Skin
Burgundy vs Copper Brown (72.421)Xpress Color · ΔE 10, close · closer than Tanned Skin
Burgundy vs Twilight Rose (72.460)Xpress Color · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Tanned Skin

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Tanned Skin

Tanned Skin vs Goth Skin (4236)Dipping Inks · ΔE 7, close · closer than Burgundy
Tanned Skin vs Amberglow (4232)Dipping Inks · ΔE 13, fair
Tanned Skin vs Elfwood Brown (4224)Dipping Inks · ΔE 13, fair

All matches: Burgundy equivalents · Tanned Skin equivalents