What is the difference between Elfwood Brown and Tanned Skin?

ΔE 13 (fair). Tanned Skin is more saturated, cooler. Swatch colours are estimates.

Elfwood Brown vs Tanned Skin

Elfwood Brown

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Dipping Inks
Code: 4224
Type: a one-coat contrast-style paint
Swatch: #523924 (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 13.0, fair: the same colour family, but not a straight swap. Tanned Skin is more saturated, cooler than Elfwood Brown.

Can I use Tanned Skin instead of Elfwood Brown?

Only where an exact match doesn’t matter, such as a new unit or a highlight. Fair match (ΔE 13). Tanned Skin is more saturated, cooler than Elfwood Brown.

Can I use Elfwood Brown instead of Tanned Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Elfwood Brown is more muted, 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 Elfwood Brown on the colour wheel See Tanned Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Elfwood Brown

Elfwood Brown vs Wasteland Brown (72.420)Xpress Color · ΔE 4, very close · closer than Tanned Skin
Elfwood Brown vs Military Yellow (72.453)Xpress Color · ΔE 7, close · closer than Tanned Skin
Elfwood Brown vs Battledress Brown (72.473)Xpress Color · ΔE 12, 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 Elfwood Brown
Tanned Skin vs Burgundy (4237)Dipping Inks · ΔE 12, fair · closer than Elfwood Brown
Tanned Skin vs Amberglow (4232)Dipping Inks · ΔE 13, fair · closer than Elfwood Brown

All matches: Elfwood Brown equivalents · Tanned Skin equivalents