What is the difference between Pink Skin and Scarlet Blood?

ΔE 8 (close). Scarlet Blood is a little darker, more saturated. Swatch colours are estimates.

Pink Skin vs Scarlet Blood

Pink Skin

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Signature Series
Code: Signature
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #e32f3c (estimate)

Scarlet Blood

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.106
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d71626 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 8.3, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Scarlet Blood is a little darker, more saturated than Pink Skin.

Can I use Scarlet Blood instead of Pink Skin?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 8). Scarlet Blood is a little darker, more saturated than Pink Skin.

Can I use Pink Skin instead of Scarlet Blood?

The same difference applies the other way round: Pink Skin is a little lighter, more muted.

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 Pink Skin on the colour wheel See Scarlet Blood on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Pink Skin

Pink Skin vs Bloody Red (72.010)Game Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Scarlet Blood
Pink Skin vs Magenta Blood (74.021)Fantasy-Pro · ΔE 7, close · closer than Scarlet Blood
Pink Skin vs Red RLM23 (71.003)Model Air · ΔE 10, close

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Scarlet Blood

Scarlet Blood vs Toluidine Red (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Pink Skin
Scarlet Blood vs The Red (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 6, very close · closer than Pink Skin
Scarlet Blood vs Salmon Skin (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Pink Skin equivalents · Scarlet Blood equivalents