What is the difference between Tooth and Nails and Highlight Skin?

ΔE 7 (close). Highlight Skin is a little lighter, more muted. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tooth and Nails vs Highlight Skin

Tooth and Nails

Brand: Kimera Kolors
Range: Signature Series
Code: Signature
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #ebdfc4 (estimate)

Highlight Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Fantasy-Pro
Code: 74.008
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #faefdc (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 7.1, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Highlight Skin is a little lighter, more muted than Tooth and Nails.

Can I use Highlight Skin instead of Tooth and Nails?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 7). Highlight Skin is a little lighter, more muted than Tooth and Nails.

Can I use Tooth and Nails instead of Highlight Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tooth and Nails is a little darker, more saturated.

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 Tooth and Nails on the colour wheel See Highlight Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Tooth and Nails

Tooth and Nails vs Ivory (70.918)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Highlight Skin
Tooth and Nails vs Elfic Flesh (72.098)Game Color · ΔE 3, very close · closer than Highlight Skin
Tooth and Nails vs Off-White (72.101)Game Color · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Highlight Skin

Other Kimera Kolors paints close to Highlight Skin

Highlight Skin vs Ivory Light (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 5, very close · closer than Tooth and Nails
Highlight Skin vs The White (Pure Pigments)Pure Pigments · ΔE 10, close
Highlight Skin vs Sun Ray (Signature)Signature Series · ΔE 12, fair

All matches: Tooth and Nails equivalents · Highlight Skin equivalents