What is the difference between Tan and Barbarian Skin?

ΔE 10 (close). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Tan vs Barbarian Skin

Tan

Brand: Mr. Hobby
Range: Aqueous Hobby Color
Code: H-27
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #bf9d5c (estimate)

Barbarian Skin

Brand: Vallejo
Range: Game Color
Code: 72.071
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #c09566 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 9.6, close: similar, with a visible difference side by side. Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Tan.

Can I use Barbarian Skin instead of Tan?

Usually, if you are not matching paint already on the model. Close match (ΔE 10). Barbarian Skin is more muted, warmer than Tan.

Can I use Tan instead of Barbarian Skin?

The same difference applies the other way round: Tan is more saturated, 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 Tan on the colour wheel See Barbarian Skin on the colour wheel

Other Vallejo paints close to Tan

Tan vs Dark Sand (70.847)Model Color · ΔE 2, very close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Tan vs Khaki (72.061)Game Color · ΔE 9, close · closer than Barbarian Skin
Tan vs US Interior Yellow (71.107)Model Air · ΔE 9, close · closer than Barbarian Skin

Other Mr. Hobby paints close to Barbarian Skin

Barbarian Skin vs Dark Yellow Sandy Yellow (C-39)Mr. Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tan
Barbarian Skin vs Sandy Yellow Dark Yellow (H-79)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tan
Barbarian Skin vs Green Brown (H-402)Aqueous Hobby Color · ΔE 8, close · closer than Tan

All matches: Tan equivalents · Barbarian Skin equivalents